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| From | Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes |
| Date | 3 Nov 2014 00:04:25 GMT |
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:26:52 +0000, Rich wrote: > RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote: >> Now if I could get a keyboard where the fat key on the right side were >> the forward rather than backward-slash, that would be appreciated. > > If you are running X windows, just use xmodmap to remap the "fat" key to > return whatever you like. It's not that hard on most systems (haven't tried Windows). I remember writing a program to map the Num Lock key to something else (so it could act as a VT 'Gold' key for Kermit). And that was on DOS. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-01 03:29 +0000
Re: Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-11-01 11:14 +0000
Re: Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-02 23:05 +0000
Re: Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-02 23:26 +0000
Re: Why Windows Uses Backslashes and Everything Else Uses Forward Slashes Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-11-03 00:04 +0000
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