[TxMt] Column typing

[Jeroen van der Ham]

On 13-12-2004 10:39, Allan Odgaard wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2004, at 9:42, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:
> 
>> [...] I have a powerbook and its keyboard does not say "option" on the 
>> 'alt' key. Instead it has some undeciferable figure on it that should 
>> mean "option". So I'm sorry I called it the 'alt' key, but I forgot 
>> the proper name at the time. ;-)
> 
> 
> I have an older Danish keyboard (december 2001) and a new US keyboard 
> (october 2004), they both spell out “alt” above the ⌥ glyph.
> 
> As far as I know the “option” wording is limited to online writings ;)

Indeed, the key also has 'alt' on it.
However, the picture on the box of the powerbook has a keyboard which 
looks like this:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/3Input-Output/chapter_4_section_12.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001086-CH207-TPXREF159

It almost has no glyphs on it at all, even the backspace button says 
"backspace" ;)


> Maybe the difference is more with laptop versus external keyboard than 
> US/Europe (or did I get a European version of the US keyboard?).

While I was browsing the ADC, I also found a picture of the original G5 
keyboard layout:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G5/PowerMacG5/3Input-Output/chapter_4_section_9.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001397-CH207-CJBGAGEC

So it seems they either changed it and did not update their documents or 
you got a European version. (Bit odd they don't document those keyboards 
for developpers either).

Jeroen.