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Re: Option key state
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Re: Option key state


  • Subject: Re: Option key state
  • From: Donald Brown <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:33:36 -0600

I just checked my keyboard on my brand iMac, and while there is an "alt" on
the key, the bigger label is "option".

Option is the name that you'll find in the built-in help system. Option is
the name that you'll find used in most articles about using the Mac. It is
hardly obsolete.

Donald

on 2/11/02 12:32 PM, Ondra Cada at email@hidden wrote:

> JA> Thanks! And I assume the name for the option key's keymask is
> JA> "NSAlternateKeyMask"?
>
> Since the key name's "Alternate", obviously! The name "option" is a piece of
> Classic, obsoleted now: just have a look at the keyboard, even it reads
> "alt" (not "opt") ;)

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