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Other manufacturers used Control-X for this purpose. 10 Control-X was commonly used to cancel a line of input typed in at the terminal. 11 Control-Z has commonly been used on minicomputers, Windows and DOS systems to indicate "end of file" either on a terminal or in a text file.
A Control key (marked "Ctrl") on a Windows keyboard next to one style of a Windows key, followed in turn by an Alt key The rarely used ISO keyboard symbol for "Control". In computing, a Control keyCtrl is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, performs a special operation (for example, Ctrl+C).
Ctrl+x, then k: Ctrl+W: Close all windows of current application ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+W: Ctrl+⇧ Shift+W: Restore the focused window to its previous size Alt+Space then R [notes 10] Alt+F3 then X: Alt+F5: Ctrl+x, then r, then j, then letter of the window state register. Move the focused window Alt+Space then M [notes 10] then Arrow Keys.
In computing, Control-X or ^X is the key combination of the control key and a key usually labelled "X", typically used to cut selected text and save it to the clipboard ready to paste elsewhere. There is some disagreement whether the action moves with the key labelled "X" or stays in the lower-left location on keyboards with different letter ...
Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as: "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)
The user performs a "cut" operation via key combination Ctrl+x (⌘+x for Macintosh users), menu, or other means. Visibly, "cut" text immediately disappears from its location. "Cut" files typically change color to indicate that they will be moved. Conceptually, the text has now moved to a location often called the clipboard. The clipboard ...
⌘ X : Cut (resembles scissors – and the X key is next to the C key on a QWERTY keyboard) ⌘ C : Copy; ⌘ V : Paste (resembles an arrow pointing downward "into" the document, or a brush used for applying paste, as well as the proofreader's mark for "insert" – and the V key is next to the C key on a QWERTY keyboard) ⌘ N : New Document ...
ASCII-based keyboards have a key labelled "Control", "Ctrl", or (rarely) "Cntl" which is used much like a shift key, being pressed in combination with another letter or symbol key. In one implementation, the control key generates the code 64 places below the code for the (generally) uppercase letter it is pressed in combination with (i.e ...