On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Scott Courtney wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:43:23 -0500 > From: Scott Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Euro key > > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 11:10, Alan Horkan wrote: > > i would have sworn alt+gr 4 worked in Mandrake > > Please pardon the dumb question, but what key is "gr" on most systems?
I dont really believe in Dumb questions, just make sure you have made at least some effort to find the answer yourself, at a bare minumum putting the word into your search engine of choice. Many keyboards have two Alt keys the second one/the one on the right is often labelled "Alt Gr", and in certain circumstances it behaves differently to the other Alt. I believe that the Gr is short for Grey*. bleuch, while searching for something more informative i found this: ALT GR+E belge, nerlandais belge 120, nerlandais KBD143, franais, allemand (IBM), allemand (Standard), espagnol ALT GR+4 irlandais ou Royaume-Uni ALT GR+5 tats-Unis et international microsoft does it (the euro) 3 differnt ways (at least)! http://www.microsoft.com/belux/fr/office/euro.asp * Okay, assuming this source is correct i was wrong above: http://www.electriceditors.net/grapevine/issues/114.txt Alt Gr stands for Alt(ernative) Graphic. It was originally, as you correctly say, intended for additional keyboard characters, and many layouts use it for that purpose, with the additional character being shown to the right of the lower character on the key. Nice to know, *finally*. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
