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Or I like the ⌘ glyph but outside the United States, keyboards don’t have the “command” name on the key. I find it hard to describe to my parents when doing
by jackjeff 4y ago
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I like the ⌘ glyph but outside the United States, keyboards don’t have the “command” name on the key. I find it hard to describe to my parents when doing support over the phone.
It was much easier when this key also featured the outline of the Apple logo , I could describe it as the key with the Apple on it next to the space bar.
I envy my Northern European neighbors that actually have name for the ⌘ symbol, or in Northern America where you can simply say the “command” key because that’s written on it.
- Cockbrand 4y agoI still call it the "Apple" key, as this is how I learned it. And I somehow find it nicer than calling it the "command" key.
- LtWorf 4y agoBut if you are trying to tell what to press to someone over the phone, they won't find the apple key.
- Cockbrand 4y agoThis is most true, I always have to correct myself when I try to show keyboard shortcuts to my colleagues.
- mcphage 4y agoI learned it as the "Open Apple" key, and I used that for many years, until people stopped having any idea what I was talking about. And it's way too many syllables. I had to retrain myself to call it "command".
- teddyh 4y agoThe “” (F8FF) unicode code point is in the “private use” section of Unicode, and therefore could depict anything, depending on the font. The closest thing to a standard is the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry¹, which reserves F8D0−F8FF to Klingon, where the F8FF character is the KLINGON MUMMIFICATION GLYPH: https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/charts/PDF/UF8D0.pdf https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/charts/PDF/UF8D0.pdf I honestly cannot fathom why HN filters most weird Unicode characters but allows private use code points. 1. https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/ https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/
- bobthedino 4y agoIn the UK, Mac keyboards generally seem to have "command" written on the key in addition to "⌘".
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- metafunctor 4y agoAt least the recent Finnish/Swedish keyboards do have both ⌘ and “command” written on the key. Likewise with ⌥ (option) and ^ (control).
- rad_gruchalski 4y ago> I like the ⌘ glyph but outside the United States, keyboards don’t have the “command” name on the key. All my German keyboards have it.
- gpgn 4y agoItalian keyboards as well.
- alexdbird 4y agoFrom memory, more recent non-US keyboards do have "command" as well as the symbol, and recent US keyboards have added the symbol, so we have eventually reached consistency.
- xtiansimon 4y agoI was told to call it “splat” (so long ago I could not attribute the source). Or maybe thats just a Bay Area thing?
- mzs 4y agoI call it propellor but someone told me to call it splat in Chicago.
- mrweasel 4y agoOn my laptop, with a Danish keyboard, it says "command" right below the ⌘ sign. Weirdly enough the larger USB keyboard it just says "cmd" on the left of the key and have ⌘ right aligned.
- luxuryballs 4y agoafter reading this article I’m going to be calling it the tiny castle key
- DonHopkins 4y agoBastion Fort Key! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_fort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_fort