On 28/03/11 13:12, Ron Johnson wrote: > You touched one of my pet peeves
Thanks - I assure you it was unintentional, I have now washed my hands and disinfected the keyboard. :-) > On 03/27/2011 08:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: <snipped> >> >> Is the double backslashes a clue? >> > > That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small <Enter>" kb) is > under the pipe. > > We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and so > Lower Left To Upper Right became the "slash" key. When IBM added > another key, that new key became the backslash. I'm happy to take your word for it. Was there a "pacific" link I should read....? > > http://www.macwebguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/olympiaportabletypewritekeyboard.jpg > > > http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3383/2/op_typewriter_keyboard_ep.jpg > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-1QGhsS3OZ0/R4FQccv5-WI/AAAAAAAAAPE/S6za2eZBx4c/beige+ibm+selectric+typewriter.JPG > > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Keyboard_on_a_typewriter.jpg > > > > -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d8ff4d8.4090...@gmail.com
