Journal Chacham's Journal: Verbiage: switch places of the ;/: and '/" keys 8
I think i;m gonna start a movement to switch the key order of the
I think i;m gonna start a movement to switch the key order of the
UNIX is hot. It's more than hot. It's steaming. It's quicksilver lightning with a laserbeam kicker. -- Michael Jay Tucker
Uses for the colon (Score:2)
* You use it more in writing than programming.
* It is useful for compiling lists
* The colon is infinitely more useful that the semi-colon
Some programming languages (Score:1)
But in standard word processing the ' and " are probably far more common than ; and
Although the vast majority of people wouldn't be able to correctly use any of those symbols in correspondence (aside from those symbol faces that seem very popular nowadays), so the point is probably moot.*
* I make no claims that I am able to use the symbols correctly; I'm just a glass-house-dwelling stone-thrower.
Make your own (Score:2)
Here: (Score:2)
As an aside, for some odd reason UK keyboards have " and @ swapped around relati
Re:Here: (Score:1)
Good point.
"pound sign"
octothorpe [dictionary.com]
Re:Here: (Score:1)
Good point.
"pound sign"
octothorpe [dictionary.com]
Re:Here: (Score:2)
Only on one of the two keyboard layouts, hence my wording - it's a pound sign but not an octothorpe on the keyboard I'm using now :-)
Re:Here: (Score:1)