Vista - using the tilde with n like in spanish

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:14:01 -0700, azteca
<azteca@xxxxxx> wrote:

It works fine here. Make sure you've turned numlock on first.

But I do it differently. I use and recommend a little freeware
background program called AllChars. This lets me type many common
special characters (many of these are used in other languages) by
pressing the ctrl key followed by a two character mnemonic
combination.

For example, for ñ the two characters are ~ and n. For ç it's c and ,
For ü it's u and "

I find this much easier than trying to remember alt-numkey
combinations.

Go to http://allchars.zwolnet.com/


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"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:
My English keyboards are US English, but my European ones all have the L
shaped return with the tilde placed to it's left, above the Shift key. I do
not know if that explains it, though...

Charlie42

"Charlie42" <Charlie42@xxxxxx> wrote
I'm ignorant about some of the keys on my keyboard. I don't
know what you mean by AltGr I do know about the Alt key,
but it is the Gr part I don't understand. I have a pretty
standard HP keyboard that came with my recent purchase of a
new HP computer.

Leaving the tilde question, if anyone wants to further my
education can you tell me what these keys are for:

1. Upper left of keyboard, circular key with a crescent
moon in it.

2. Lower left and right, two keys containing the Windows
logo.

3. Lower right, below the shift key, a key with a rectangle
and an arrow on it.

4. Across the top, 12 keys lettered F1, F2, F3, etc.

Thanks.

"CWLee" <cdubyalee@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ejzzNERmIHA.1188@xxxxxxAltGr is the Alt key to the right of the SPACEBAR.

Apparently, it stands for Alt Graphics, but I remember the right Alt key was
printed in green on the early IBM AT keyboards, so I presonally think that
it might stand for AltGreen. The AltGr key acts like pressing left Alt +
Ctrl together.

That's not a standard button. It will make the computer go to Standby
usually, if you have the correct keyboard drivers installed.

Windows Key (or WinKey), used for various Windows shorcuts.
Context Menu key. It's the same as pressing the right mouse button.
Function Keys. They do different things in different applications. F1
almost always takes you to HELP in whatever application you are using.

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OxIlhKRmIHA.980@xxxxxxI was about to add this Alt Green possibility to the discussion page for
AltGr on Wikipedia, but it looks like they have added this to the main page
since I last read that page, maybe two or three years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:AltGr_key

ss.

High quality post, S. Makes me have hope that 'living too long' has some
justification :/

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"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in
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I use Usenet and Wikipedia as a release for useless trivia, and less
exciting anecdotes as otherwise I might tell people in real life, and then I
get strange looks, or told to shut up.

ss.