Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-22 Thread Austin L. Denyer
> What is the GR key? I don't seem to have one on a standard > American keyboard. --doug It is actually 'Alt-Gr', and no, you don't have it on a US keyboard. On most European keyboards it is the second 'Alt' key (the one to the right of the space bar). Regards, Ozz.

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> I am in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (Atlantic Ocean, in > front of Marrocco - Africa) ; probably you haven't even heard of it, it's a very >small volcanic island, the population is around 80.000 people, but Neat! Lots of sunshine I bet. Being in Quebec Canada I have a keen appreciatio

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread dwyatt
t;Carolina Kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Typing special characters Hi Larry, I am in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (Atlantic Ocean, in front of Marrocco - Africa) ; probably you haven't eve

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread Doug McGarrett
What is the GR key? I don't seem to have one on a standard American keyboard. --doug At 09:21 09/21/2000 +, Carolina Kohler wrote: >Hi, >Thank you for your help, all of you. But non of the things you told me helped, >I must have a strange keyboard. :( >I tried all possible combinations and

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread Carolina Kohler
Hi Larry, I am in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain (Atlantic Ocean, in front of Marrocco - Africa) ; probably you haven't even heard of it, it's a very small volcanic island, the population is around 80.000 people, but loads of tourists. I have a normal keyboard, I guess it must be a Spanish one b

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread Austin L. Denyer
> On UK keyboards it is the second ALT key (the one to the right of the > space bar). Sorry, didn't explain it very well - I'll try again: The 'ALT' key to the left of the space bar is just called 'ALT'. The 'ALT' key to the right of the space bar is called 'ALT-GR'. This on a UK keyboard. M

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread Carolina Kohler
. not in a spanish keyboard };-) > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Carolina Kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 7:53 PM > > Subject: [newbie] Typing special characters &

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-21 Thread Carolina Kohler
. not in a spanish keyboard };-) > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Carolina Kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 7:53 PM > > Subject: [newbie] Typing special characters &

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Joan Tur
nesday, September 20, 2000 7:53 PM > Subject: [newbie] Typing special characters > > Hi everybody, > I have a sort of silly question: > How do you type in Linux the following character: > ~ > In Windows or MS-DOS it's Alt-126, but that doesn't work in Linux, this time &

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Carolina Kohler wrote: > > Hi everybody, > I have a sort of silly question: > How do you type in Linux the following character: > ~ > In Windows or MS-DOS it's Alt-126, but that doesn't work in Linux, this time > I've had to copy and paste it on this message. > > Thank you, > Carol^ Hi Carol. I

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread dwyatt
nt: 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. > > >

RE: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Doug McGarrett
y, September 20, 2000 6:54 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [newbie] Typing special characters >> >> >> Hi everybody, >> I have a sort of silly question: >> How do you type in Linux the following character: >> ~ >> In Windows or MS-DOS

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Larry Marshall
> 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 numbe

Re: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread dwyatt
Um, the tilde key is right next to the "1" key. :) dwyatt - Original Message - From: "Carolina Kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: [newbie] Typing special characters Hi everybody,

RE: [newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Richard Garand
i always thought that was shift+the key beside 1 :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carolina Kohler > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 6:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Typing special cha

[newbie] Typing special characters

2000-09-20 Thread Carolina Kohler
Hi everybody, I have a sort of silly question: How do you type in Linux the following character: ~ In Windows or MS-DOS it's Alt-126, but that doesn't work in Linux, this time I've had to copy and paste it on this message. Thank you, Carol^