Re: FLASH: OT: Print Shortcut on a Mac

[Russell E. Unger]

Howdy...and shut it up already! ;-)


>> In most instances, you can substitute the apple key for the ctrl-key.

>

>No no no no no. Bad Russell. Paddle paddle. The "Apple" key does not

>exist on all Mac keyboards. The "Command" key does (sometimes I refer to

>it as a cloverleaf).



I'm not disagreeing with you Mighty Warren, what I was doing was breaking

the term down into lay-terms for the person.  I'm fully aware it's the

"Command" key, indeed!


>The open-apple is a legacy of the days when Macs and IIGS's could

>exchange keyboards; the IIGS, of course, used the apple, while the Mac

>used the cloverleaf. (Both Macs and IIGS machines used the same kind of

>keyboard connector.)



We called 'em Open-Apple and Closed-Apple.  Back in the day when the Apple

IIe was a common tool in our High School and the Indiana Jones game on a

green monochrome monitor was the cool (kewl?) tool of choice.


>However in the Mac world it has *always* been called the Command key. As

>an old Mac coder it used to drive me *nuts* when someone referred to

>that key as the "open apple" key. Still does, obviously. :)



Hey, it still drives me nuts when you "Howdy" everyone on Direct-L and no

Flasher!


Not disputing you, just throwing a dead fish in your face.  My life is hell,

and you're a fun target!


Russ



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