word processor history -- interesting article (Evan Koblentz)

[Rod Smallwood]

On 08/07/2016 01:28, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 July 2016 at 20:31, Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Try highlighting a word with shift and right arrow, then ctrlC.
>> Now move in your email  and type crtlV.
>>
>> Yes Wordstar keyboard commands are alive and well.
> 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-menus/1-wordstar-emulator-full-version-command-list
>
>
Ho Hum I ask understanding for seniors memory.

Rod