just sitting here looking at my keyboard

8 Apr 2004

i dont know if this has been asked before......and if it has i apologise but can any body tell me on a computer keyboard what the key to the left of the number 1 key is and does anybody use it.

8 Apr 2004

Hey slyman, you only got one key you dont know about.......lucky bugger! I got loads, but now you mention it I wouldnt mind finding out as well.

8 Apr 2004

Never noticed that one before :shock:
Only one way to find out what it does ..........
Press it!
Kit
xxx
somebody pleeeze tell me first confused

8 Apr 2004

Oh, yeah....!
Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬ `````````
Nope! Totally pointless!
rolleyes

8 Apr 2004

What is it for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Never noticed either !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's obviously not used that often it is collecting cobwebs!!!!!!......................means spiders eeeeeeeekkkk!!!! :cry: :cry:

8 Apr 2004

I tried it ````Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬``` nothing, guess it serves no purpose other than to just fill a hole.
Now where have I heard that comment before..... MRS DAVEJ!!!!!!!

8 Apr 2004

thank you people but i cant help but feel a little dissapointed that nobody knows what these characters are .could they be used in french or maybe some other foriegn language ????? `````? Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬? Â¦Â¦Â¦Â¦Â¦? anybody have a guess .

8 Apr 2004

I will endevour to find out the purpose of this key and report back Ttuesday.

8 Apr 2004

Slyman, it is obviously some sort of 'architectural symbolism' ie Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬Â¬ = cornerstones and `````````= rain canopy required confused

Kit
xxx

8 Apr 2004

So bored was I, and so concerned for your sanity I went a Googling and found that it's almost certainly to do with foreign languages
` is called a 'grave accent'.
Â¬ is called 'not'.
Haven't found Â¦ yet... but I'm sure it must mean something.
Hxx

8 Apr 2004

8 Apr 2004

woohoo much appreciated people worship

:worship: but please tell me heather when you say" Â¬ is called not" is that in the same way as @ is called at ?

:banghead: :banghead:

8 Apr 2004

` is both a grave accent and an opening quote. ' should be usable as an accute accent or a closing quote, but too many fonts get it wrong.
Â¬ is a logical "not" symbol, which was used in some older programming languages. It isn't currently in ASCII, although it used to be.
Â¦ is a "broken bar". Or it might appear as an unbroken bar. It seems to have a bit of a messy history. It's been in and out of ASCII, appearing both as Â¦ and | (broken and unbroken bars). The original intention was a mathematical symbol (meaning "or").
Visit if you want to get totally confused. If that's not enough for you, try for the full horror of international computing (collation makes my brain melt).

8 Apr 2004

9 Apr 2004

All three symbols are still used in older programming languages. I think I've used a couple in PASCAL and the broken bar and unbroken bar can be deliminators used in file transfers to text files. ie. database to text format. Thangs like that. I'm not o sure they are mainly used now-a-days though. Languages are in a higher state of english so MATH symbols are only used when they are needed while logical symbols can be typed (SQL- ORACLE databases).
Some of you may even notice you have two different alt keys. The one on the right is used for older graphics programs to be able to change settings easily and quickly. I think these keyboards are the ones without the little windows logo key.
Lets just say, use them only if you need to. Thanks you have really brought me back to my college days learning the beatiful art of coding.

9 Apr 2004

Another keyboard question here,i didnt want to start a new thread so i though patch it on here,does anybody know how you do the symbols for a patent,trademark and copyright using a standard keyboard????

9 Apr 2004

Hold Alt and enter 169 on the numeric keypad for Â®. It's 184 for Â©.
There's also a tool called "Character Map" (It's hiding under Programs->Accessories->System Tools on my machine. That way you don't have to remember the numbers.

9 Apr 2004

*is now going to demonstrate how blonde she is*
I had to use that key the other day in Excel.
Buggered if I can remember what it was for...