Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
- Subject: Re: Option key (was Re: Sorting)
- From: Walter Ian Kaye <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 02:31:31 -0700
At 11:26p -0700 10/05/2003, Paul Berkowitz didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
On 10/5/03 10:08 PM, "Walter Ian Kaye" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Perhaps some folks may remember "back in the day" when we had those
> clear adhesive labels to stick onto keys to use with Microsoft
> software. Maybe Apple decided it would be better to avoid getting the
> keys gummed up, and so they started printing Windows legends in small
> type. But it's only for MS software, and has nothing to do with real
> Macintosh software and nomenclature.
Microsoft software in the year 2003 and as far back as 1996 or earlier never
refers to "alt" or "num lock" or anything like that.
I guess you've never used MS Word. It works the same way as the
Windows version, and thus maps pgup/pgdn/home/end to the numeric
keypad, forcing you to use NumLock if you want to type any numbers
there. That always drove me nuts.
As for alt, I'm really talking about MS Windows emulation software.
That's the only place where "alt" makes any sense at all. Mac
programs use "option".
It's always Option/Command, etc. It's also "real Macintosh software".
MSIE uses Command-Delete instead of Option-Delete to bypass the
confirmation dialog. That's about as cluelessly un-Mac as you can get.
And if you try to make PgUp/PgDn work the proper Macintosh way in
Word, you cannot. Believe me, I've tried. It is *impossible* to make
Word follow Apple's HIG. Impossible.
-Walter
who uses Tex-Edit Plus for 99.9% of all his WP needs. Very scriptable, too!
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