There are a couple of things Alt does on Windows. First, it's used to
activate menu mnemonics. For example, Alt-F to activate the File
menu, Alt-E to activate the Edit Menu, Alt-V to activate the View
menu, etc.
Second, Alt is used in conjunction with the numeric keypad to enter
special symbols. For example, Alt+0160 is the sticky space (which is
Option-Space on the Mac). Here's a site listing some of the
symbols...
Cool, I never knew that. I figured that was less common than the Apple
usage (Mac accent input seems to be much more intuitive -- how many
custom character octal codes do you remember?).
Regarding Glen's other comments, here are some additional reasons why
Option shouldn't be used as an accelerator...
On a Mac anyway. It's common to use it as an additional accelerator
modifier, but isn't command *always* the basic accelerator modifier in
OSX apps?
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