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From: jaxon@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Subject: Re: APL Novice Looking fer Wisdom
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Date: 20 Oct 89 17:44:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!jaxon    Oct 20 12:44:00 1989


> [an APL keyboard] layout easy to remember without stickers.
> Does anyone know what those memory aids are?

The IBM 2741 APL keyboard set the standard by rationally laying out 88 keys.
The 94 key ASCII standard complicated things a little bit.  I don't have an
APL keyboard in front of me, and I haven't seen one for two years... so lets
test the memory aids I learned!

Question Mark    Q	Modulus          M
Omega            W	Circle		 O      
Epsilon          E	Tilde		 T
Rho              R	Ceiling		 S ??
Iota             I	Floor		 D ??
Power            P	Del/Delta        G,H (which order?)
Drop             U	Take		 Y (think T, then miss the key)
Alpha            A	Semicolon	 ,
Quad             L	Colon		 .
Quote            K	\	         /
Jot              J	+/-  on same key, x/divide on next key.
Base             B	Overbar          2
Encode (Rep.)    N      Relationals in order < <= = >= > ne  above 3-8