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looking at the mac keyboard im typing on, there is no key called "alt". There is one called option, and pressing opt+k gives me ∆. Wonder why that changed? (or
by RugnirViking 5d ago
looking at the mac keyboard im typing on, there is no key called "alt". There is one called option, and pressing opt+k gives me ∆.
Wonder why that changed? (or if it did?)
- msephton 5d agoAlt/Opt/⌥ label also depends on age/region/etc, as outlined in the blog post. You can see an example of a key with "Alt" in the second image of the post. Personally, I'm particularly fond of the "electronic switch" glyph ⌥ used to denote Option, which I first saw in the manual for classic Macintosh app: UltraPaint, 1990 by Deneba Systems, so dated around the beginning of Unicode. My early aluminium Apple A1243 2171 Wired Keyboard, British layout dated 2007, has it labelled with both Alt and ⌥. (BTW my keyboard is still going strong at 18 years old with only the shift key replaced after I wore it completely through.)
- RugnirViking 5d agoInteresting. Wonder why its also shifted to opt/alt + k instead of j