On Sep 6, 2:11 pm, sc <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, September 05, 2011 20:55:50 John Little wrote: > > > Off topic digression... > > On Sep 6, 10:31 am, sc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, September 05, 2011 16:37:39 Jacky Liu wrote: > > > > Plus: what does the "CC" mean? > > > > cc is a throwback to the days we used typewriters -- carbon > > > paper was used to make two copies at once, the underneath > > > copy being called a "carbon copy" of the original > > Some claim that's a false etymology, use of cc to indicate > > 'copies' came long before carbon paper was invented. > > really! live and learn -- any idea where it did come from?
Just as pp means pages, as in 100 pp, cc was short for copies. Or so the alternative explanation goes... Regards, John -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
