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Subject:Re: Up and down thing From:Mike Bygrave <bygravem -at- INTUITIVE -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:24:06 +-100
On 05 October 1996 14:11, Paul David Marvel[SMTP:marvel -at- UDEL -dot- EDU] wrote:
>We also thought of using "shift + front slash," but I'm not sure the users
>will differentiate front and back slashes. We are also not sure if the
>up-and-down thing is above the front slash on all keyboards. Is it?
Looking at my UK-layout keyboard, the 'vertical bar' symbol is above the BACKSLASH key, next to 'Z' - the symbol over the forward slash is a question mark. From this I gather that UK and US keyboard layouts are different.
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Mike Bygrave (bygravem -at- intuitive -dot- co -dot- uk)
Intuitive Systems Ltd (http://www.intuitive.co.uk)
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