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Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac

From John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac
Date 2020-08-20 17:55 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <rhmddm$gqa$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 20 Aug 2020 at 09:27:59 BST, "David_B" <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> On 20/08/2020 00:48, Alan Baker wrote:
>>  On 2020-08-09 12:13 a.m., David_B wrote:
>>>  Most readers here probably know already but, just in case some don't, 
>>>  there's a comprehensive summary here:-
>>> 
>>>  https://setapp.com/how-to/type-special-keyboard-symbols-on-mac
>>> 
>>>  It's always good to have a reminder anyway!
>>  
>>  Except...
>>  
>>  ...just like you all the time...
>>  
>>  ...they get basic facts wrong:
>>  
>>  'Similarly, a degree symbol on Mac (º) is Option + Zero'
>>  
>>  That is simply wrong.
>>  
>>  The degree symbol is Option-Shift-8: "°"
>>  
>>  The Option-0 combination looks very similar: "º", but it is actually the 
>>  "masculine ordinal indicator" (i.e. 1º for "first") in languages such as 
>>  Spanish, Portugese, Italian...
>>  
>>  There is also a feminine ordinal indicator: "ª"...
>>  
>>  ...and the key combination is Option-9
> 
> 
> I posted in good faith, Alan. :-(
> 
> I expect you've already written to the originator to point out their 
> errors. That's what a good guy would do! ;-)
> 
> On a different subject ...
> 
> *Supernews says Wolffan is not one of their customers*.
> I received an email this morning advising me of that fact.
> 
> Can you tell that Wolffan's header has been forged?
> 
> Here’s the header of one of his recent posts:-
> 
> 
> Path: not-for-mail
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:53:24 -0500
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:53:24 -0400
> From: Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com>
> Organization: The Pack
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> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> Message-ID: <0001HW.24EC8554006665A570000E44838F@news.supernews.com>
> Subject: Re: Apple software uninstall
> Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop
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> 
> On 18 Aug 2020, David_B wrote
> (in article <V0Y_G.97031$8b2.89984@fx07.ams1>):
> 
>  > On 18/08/2020 19:13, Snit wrote:
>  > > On Aug 18, 2020 at 10:17:06 AM MST, "Wolffan" <akwolffan@zoho.com> 
> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > On 17 Aug 2020, David_B wrote
>  > > > (in article <E9C_G.337814$F86.40648@fx36.ams1>):
>  > > >
>  > > > > -
>  > > > > David_B.
>  > > > > Group Moderator
>  > > >
>  > > > You cannot be the moderator, as a.c.w is not a moderated group. 
> This has
>  > > > been
>  > > >
>  > > > pointed out to you before. Nop doubt your high alcohol intake 
> made you
>  > > > ‘forget’ again, troll-boy.
>  > >
>  > > If you keep saying that he will ban you.
>  >
>  > I will!
> 
> you can’t, troll-boy.

I've killfiled him. Let me know f he ever has anything useful to say and I may
reinstate him.

J.

-- 
Say less than you know, have more than you show.

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How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-09 08:13 +0100
  Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 08:16 +0000
    Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-09 09:59 +0100
      Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 19:03 +0000
        Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 20:05 +0000
          Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-10 22:33 +0100
            Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-08-11 10:02 +1200
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 22:11 +0000
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-11 09:32 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-08-12 09:58 +1200
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-08-16 08:35 -0400
            Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 22:10 +0000
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-11 09:24 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-08-11 09:28 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-11 09:36 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2020-08-12 09:07 +0000
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-08-12 09:50 +1200
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-08-16 08:33 -0400
            Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-11 17:10 +0000
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-11 15:33 -0400
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-12 13:09 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-12 08:30 -0400
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-19 19:26 -0400
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-12 13:07 +0100
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-08-12 15:17 +0000
                Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-12 14:38 -0400
  Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Alan Baker <notonyourlife@no.no.no.no> - 2020-08-19 16:48 -0700
    Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-08-20 12:56 +1200
    Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-20 09:27 +0100
      Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-20 07:13 -0400
      Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Panthera Tigris Altaica <northerntiger@outlook.com> - 2020-08-20 09:20 -0400
        Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-20 22:02 +0100
          Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-20 17:11 -0400
            Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-20 17:19 -0400
            Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-21 00:03 +0100
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-08-20 19:21 -0400
              Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Panthera Tigris <northerntiger@outlook.com> - 2020-10-09 08:03 -0400
          Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac Panthera Tigris <northerntiger@outlook.com> - 2020-08-21 07:34 -0400
      Re: How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 17:55 +0000

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