On Monday 09 Jun 2003 7:24 am, ajx wrote:
> rikona wrote:
> > TB>    Hey, one thing I forgot to mention. On some hardware
> > you'll TB> need to use the Left Alt key, the one on the right
> > won't do. ;)
> >
> > Are you serious, or is this one of the list 'leg-pullers'? :-) If
> > serious, what's the difference?
>
> I'm no doubt a bit late on this one.
>
> But the right Alt key is, on some (European ??) keyboards
> hard-wired as <Alt + Control> (for entering the key codes of our
> weird currencies and accented characters).  If it is, it's often
> labelled <Alt Gr>.
>
Ah - that explains it.  I've known for years that there was a 
difference, but with a uk keyboard layout it has made little 
difference until we got the ¤ symbol.  Now it all slips into place 
<g>

Anne

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