Am 27 Aug 2004 0:29 meinte Tony Duell:
> > I believe the <> thing had something to do with international versions
> > of the keyboard layout, but I don't remember the details and I'm not
> > sure it made any sense in retrospect.
It's the standard layout for German keyboards. I find it quite
conveniant ... and way more logical:
shift-',' is ';' and shift-'.' is ':'
Same as on classic (German) typewriters. '<' and '>' have not been
available. So the lower left of the alpha secion was used ... and
when it comes to HTML/XML, I like it quite much that I need shift
only half the time, also, it's always the same key ... logical to me.
I would love it the other brackets where also made the same way.
Oh, of yourse, on a PC Keyboard, they can only be accessed via
ALT-GR, since almost everywhere in Europe, some keys have been
needed for additional character(s) - 3 1/2 here in German :)
Gruss
H.
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