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From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: International applications
Message-ID: <1912@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 08:56:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihlpf.1912
Posted: Fri Aug  7 08:56:28 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 02:34:55 EDT
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Reply-To: straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Keywords: Localization

In article <2771@crcge1.UUCP> ranson@crcge1.UUCP writes:
>
> Apple Computer has issued a list of guidelines that allow applications to
>be easily adapted to foreign countries. Living in France and having used
>French Mac keyboards for 3 years now, I would like to add a few items to this
>list:
>
>- Don't use "accent" keys (`, ^, ~, etc) for anything but typing words in.
>On French keyboards, they are DEAD keys. For instance, to switch the display
>under MacsBug, I must press ` twice.

How will A/UX on the Mac II work with these restrictions?  For example,
the UNIX shell commonly uses the ` and ~ keys for important purposes.
Or will clover or opt-clover keys need to be used to dummy-up these keys?
-- 
Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka

Advice for the day: "MSDOS - just say no."