<html><head><base href="x-msg://443/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">According to Wikipedia, the symbol originated with the Apple LIsa. I have never seen it used in any other OS, but that is not necessarily conclusive.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Mar 20, 2010, at 3:14 AM, Geoffrey Stevens wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Is this a key symbol from the PC world?<br>—Geoff Stevens<br><br>> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:41:26 -0500<br>> From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:kristau@gmail.com">kristau@gmail.com</a><br>> To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:dmmug@dmmug.org">dmmug@dmmug.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] what is this keyboard shortcut?<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Matthew Nuzum <<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org">newz@bearfruit.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > Hi, I've seen this a few times and I just have no clue what I'm supposed to<br>> > do when I want to use keyboard shortcuts like this. There is no keyboard<br>> > that has the first character on its key. Can someone help me understand how<br>> > to do it?<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Matthew Nuzum<br>> > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and twitter<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Yup, it denotes the ALT key. Even though I know what it is, it still<br>> confuses me every time I see it. Apple really should add that symbol<br>> to the ALT key on their keyboards.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Tired programmer<br>> Coding late into the night<br>> The core dump follows<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> DMMUG mailing list<br>> Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br>> Use this page to modify subscription options:<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>DMMUG mailing list<br>Use this Address to send mail to the list:<br><a href="mailto:DMMUG@dmmug.org">DMMUG@dmmug.org</a><br>Use this page to modify subscription options:<br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>