But not all circumflexes should be pointy, and since standard ascii
doesn't allow for combining characters how was this intended to be
useful as a character on a computer keyboard? (just thinking outloud,
as someone very familiar with using alt-key combinations and accents,
including circumflex, this has always seemed like a second-best choice
for what would be on the 6 key - and just following as a vestige of
typewriters that actually allowed a back-up & overstrike)
Yours,
Chris
On Feb 22, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
circumflex is the language reference for ^ (shift 6) but is also
referred to as the caret key.
On Feb 22, 2004, at 10:36 AM, Marian Petrides wrote:
Actually a caret is a ^ (shift 6 on your keyboard). Is "carrot"
the correct jargonese or just a misspelling of "caret?"
M
On Feb 22, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
< > are angle brackets in typography! but in computer jargon they
have always been called carrots around here....
Tom
On Feb 22, 2004, at 7:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is the english name of these <>?
I thought these are called "angle brackets" ? :)
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/a/angle_brackets.html
Shishi
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