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" cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: <856916155.725210.0@abwillms.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk 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 Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca LINUX: What changed from 2.0.27 to 2.0.28? I don't notice anything.