Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!wgilbert
From: wgilbert@watmath.waterloo.edu (William Gilbert)
Subject: Re: Those Damn Keyboards
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.150024.16023@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <5137@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <130153@gore.com> <16199@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1991 15:00:24 GMT
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In article <16199@milton.u.washington.edu> mrc@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Crispin) writes:
>My understanding is that NeXT intends to de-emphasize Unix to the
>point of obliteration; consequently the need to regularly use
>characters such as \ or | will become a non-issue.

TeX and LaTeX make heavy use of the \ so I would certainly want that key
in the main key area.

Are there any standards or proposed standards about the placement of
non-alphanumeric keys?  Its very annoying in going from one keyboard to
another.