On 10 11 2004 at 10:43 am -0500, Mikael Byström wrote:
>"Alt" is shortform of "Alternative"
True.
>which is synonymous with "Option", isn't it?
I guess, though I'd say that's a bit of a stretch. I've always wondered
why Macs (since the very beginning) have called this "option" anyhow.
>So regarding the internationality of Macs I'd regard from recently at
>least that both "option-key" and "alt-key" should be acceptable in
>international contexts.
On my North American keyboard ("US English" I suppose) both option keys
are labeled with both "option" and "alt".
-ben
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