Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that is an OS or BIOS provision, and
not a feature of the keyboard itself.
I used that feature for years in MS-DOS.
dwyatt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Typing special characters
>
> > How do you type in Linux the following character:
> > ~
>
> Hold the shift key down and hit the key marked ~. On most keyboards
> it's just to the left of the 1.
>
> > In Windows or MS-DOS it's Alt-126, but that doesn't work in Linux, this
>
> This is a keyboard mapping thing. The 126 is simply the number of
> that character in the ASCII character set. The standard IBM keyboard
> under Windows let's you get any character by pressing Alt and typing
> its number. I know of no equivalent in Linux.
>
> Cheers --- Larry ~~~~~~~~ Marshall
>
