On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 7:49 am, Robin Turner wrote: > Margot wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: >> > >> Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it > >> exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get > >> €, but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all. > >> > >> Anne > > > > On some keyboards the left Alt key is marked "Alt" and the right > > Alt is marked "Alt Gr". I have no idea what the "Gr" stands for, > > but I assume that the two keys were marked differently for a good > > reason! > > I'd always assumed it stood for "graphic". On my keyboard I need > to use it to get symbols like @, #, \ etc. (Turkish has more > letters than English, so there aren't enough keys to go round). > IIRC it stood for 'grey' - it was darker on early keyboards. Just a way of referencing it of course, it doesn't give any clue as to what the true difference is.
Anne
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