From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 1997 03:04:46 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To:	"Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Alaric B. Williams wrote:

> >
> > A better candidate would be then YEN symbol.  :o)
>=20
> I don't know about US keyboards, but my UK device has an otherwise
> useless key to the left of the 1 digit, under Esc, which has three
> symbols on it: ` =AC and |, although to get | I push shift-\.
>=20
> Perhaps a use could be made for the =AC character? I've no idea how
> it'll come out on your machines, but on my system it's a top right
> hand corner of a single thickness ASCII box!

Please tell me you're joking about using the | symbol!  That is
the DOS pipe.  Don't you use pipes?  The ` key is used by 4DOS
for quoting aliases, etc... Also it is a valid filename char.
The M symbol that you used doesn't appear on american keyboards
also.  It does however display on my screen.


Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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LINUX: What changed from 2.0.27 to 2.0.28?  I don't notice anything.

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