Re: Euro key

From: Alan Horkan (horkana@maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 16:53:13 EST

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    On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Scott Courtney wrote:

    > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:43:23 -0500
    > From: Scott Courtney <courtney@4th.com>
    > To: abiword-user@abisource.com
    > Subject: Re: Euro key
    >
    > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 11:10, Alan Horkan wrote:
    > > i would have sworn alt+gr 4 worked in Mandrake
    >
    > Please pardon the dumb question, but what key is "gr" on most systems?

    I dont really believe in Dumb questions, just make sure you have made at
    least some effort to find the answer yourself, at a bare minumum putting
    the word into your search engine of choice.

    Many keyboards have two Alt keys
    the second one/the one on the right is often labelled "Alt Gr", and in
    certain circumstances it behaves differently to the other Alt. I believe
    that the Gr is short for Grey*.

    bleuch, while searching for something more informative i found this:
    ALT GR+E belge, nerlandais belge 120, nerlandais KBD143, franais,
    allemand (IBM), allemand (Standard), espagnol
    ALT GR+4 irlandais ou Royaume-Uni
    ALT GR+5 tats-Unis et international
    microsoft does it (the euro) 3 differnt ways (at least)!
    http://www.microsoft.com/belux/fr/office/euro.asp

    * Okay, assuming this source is correct i was wrong above:
    http://www.electriceditors.net/grapevine/issues/114.txt
    Alt Gr stands for Alt(ernative) Graphic. It was originally, as you
    correctly say, intended for additional keyboard characters, and many
    layouts use it for that purpose, with the additional character being
    shown to the right of the lower character on the key.

    Nice to know, *finally*.

    Sincerely

    Alan Horkan
    http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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