word processor history -- interesting article (Evan Koblentz)

On 7 July 2016 at 20:31, Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote: Nope. Sorry. Those aren't WordStar commands. They are CUA commands, adopted by more or less all GUIs. They're from the IBM CUA project, part of the SAA plan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access WordStar commands for that operation would be: Mark beginning of block: ^K B Mark end of block: ^K K (WordStar did not allow block selection with the cursor keys.) Then, use the cursor keys or to your destination position. Then, to copy: ^K C Or to move: ^K V Here's a reference: http://www.wordstar.org/index.php/wsemu-documentation/wsemu-commands-and-me… -- Liam Proven ? Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven at cix.co.uk ? GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven at hotmail.com ? Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) ? +420 702 829 053 (?R)