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The History of the "Undo" Function?

Posted by Cliff on from the better-than-a-eras^H^H^H^Hbackspace-key dept.

TheLocustNMI asks: "So, earlier today as I was typing out some magnum opus of a stored procedure, I highlighted to copy it, and hit SPACE instead of Ctrl-C. Without thinking, I hit Ctrl-Z to 'undo' my folly. Pausing a moment to reflect, I realized that I own countless hours of thanks to whomever came up with the "undo" button. In short -- my question is this -- where did it come from? What are the earliest implementations of the 'undo'? (a quick googling returns this page, a cornucopia of undo and history related treatises)"

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  1. alt.folklore.computers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A better place to ask this question would be alt.folklore.computers on usenet.