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From: quirk@quokka.rtp.dg.com (Peter Quirk)
Newsgroups: comp.std.misc
Subject: Re: Position of the ESC key (was Re: Standard keyboard)
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Date: 1 Mar 91 16:43:20 GMT
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Don't forget the '[' key, and most of the other non-alpha, non-numeric keys
are located all over the place on international keyboards of the PC-AT variety.
Here's its location on some keyboards I know:

German           Third quadrant of the 8 key. Use CTRL/Alt-Gr/8 to get escape!
Swedish/Finnish  Same as German, but legend on front of key rather than on top
French/Canadian  Third quadrant of the '[' key on the US keyboard. Usre CTRL/Alt-GR/[
Spanish          Same location as French/Canadian, but legend on front of key
                 rather than on top of key
Norwegian        Same as Swedish/Finnish
Danish           Same as Swedish/Finnish
Italian          Same as Spanish
Swiss            Same as Spanish
UK               Same as US
French           Third quadrant of '5' key, legend on front

By contrast, the ESC key is the top left key on all these keyboards.

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