Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
- Subject: Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 14:23:55 -0700
On 10/5/03 1:55 PM, "Walter Ian Kaye" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Pet peeve:
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Macintosh computers do not have an "alt" key. It always has been, and
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always will be, the OPTION key. It is not an "alt" key (although some
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MS-Windows emulation software may map it for use as such). It is not
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a "solid-apple" key (although Apple ][ users may fondly remember its
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A2 counterpart as such).
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And before anyone says "But it has the word "alt" on it," allow me to
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point out the tiny size of the word, and the full size of the word
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"option"; does that not indicate to you the proper name of the key?
Actually, in Europe, Apple keyboards apparently call it the 'alt' key. Even
in the US, recent keyboards have 'alt' in small letters, but it seems in
Europe - or in non-English speaking countries generally - it's "alt". Just
"alt".
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And that key next to it? It's the COMMAND key. It's not an "apple"
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key, because third-party keyboards don't have one; only Apple
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keyboards have one (trademark, don'tcha know). I am typing this on my
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MicroSpeed ADB keyboard, and there is no apple symbol anywhere upon
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it; the command key has "Command" and the cloverleaf symbol on it.
What's a "MicroSpeed ADB keyboard"? All the Apple keyboards I've had in the
past eight years (since I started) have had both symbols. UP UNTIL NOW we
were supposed to refer to it as the Command key (and I always have). But my
new computer's "Setup Guide" refers to it everywhere as the "Apple key"
(plus Apple symbol). You're right, of course, that it applies only to
Apple-branded keyboards. I'm happy to go on calling it "Command".
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Paul Berkowitz
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