2026-09-11 18:02 UTC
@mwichary Re: Key symbols we lost to time
My personal headcanon for X, C, V being used for clipboard commands (first in the Mac, then Win 3.1 onwards) was that the V looked like an insertion symbol, the X like scissors, and the C - well, that’s neatly in the middle, it’s *C*opy.
The symbol I learned for “disregard this correction mark” looks like an elongated Z which would be fitting for undo.
Might be 100% retconing, but it is a good mnemonic and it’s not mostly language specific.
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