Thank you for these explanations! Le 10 mai 07 à 19:42 Soir, Kirk Gray a écrit:
> On May 10, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote: >> Le 10 mai 07 à 18:55 Soir, Kirk Gray a écrit: >> >>> On May 10, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Kirk Gray wrote: >>>> The original Mac keyboard had no numeric keypad and no arrow keys >>>> for >>>> cursor movement (you were supposed to use the mouse). But it did >>>> have a Return key in the normal position, and a small Enter key >>>> next >>>> to the right side Command key by the space bar -- right where it is >>>> on Mac laptops today. >>> >>> Just checked. The original layout for the keyboard bottom row was >>> Option, Command, Space, Enter, Option. There was no right side >>> Command key as there is now. My bad. >> >> Apparently, you don't mention the control key... >> I've seen one of those old Macs when I was young so I don't recall >> the keyboard. So there were no control keys? Do they come from the PC >> world? (please, no). > > Control keys were on keyboards long before MS-DOS and the "PC > world". But the Mac was supposed to be the next big thing -- a GUI. > The Apple II (and III for that matter) had a control key. > > The Mac had a Command key (and an Option key). It didn't have a name > on it, just a little icon of a square with loops at all four > corners. It existed to enter menu commands from the keyboard without > having to use the mouse. Command-S for Save, Command-P for Print and > so on. > > The original Mac was a purist's machine -- there were no function > keys, arrow keys, control key, escape key -- nothing to tie you to > the past of computing. > > The IIgs used a key labeled with an apple rather than the loopy > square. Later keyboards (which could be used on either system) had > both the apple and the loopy square on the key. People started > calling it the Command key, because it needed a name and Apple hadn't > given it one. (Or maybe Apple called it the Command key, but just > didn't label it as such. It's been a while) > > Eventually, interoperability became an issue and Mac keyboards began > to acquire "normal computer" keys. On the Mac Plus keyboard we got > arrow keys and a numeric keypad. Later an Escape key and function > keys were added as were Help, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and > Delete. (The first keyboards had a Backspace key, like a typewriter, > rather than a delete key.) > > At first, these keys did nothing in the Mac OS. They were there for > compatibility when running MS-DOS or a terminal program to connect to > another computer. Eventually, programmers figured, "Since they're > there, we might as well support them." > > After NeXT acquired Apple, we got volume controls and an eject key > and the power button that had been on the Apple keyboard since the > Mac II was removed (actually moved to the monitor - IF you buy an > Apple monitor). > > > Kirk > > ----------------------------------------------- > REALbasic Professional 2007r1 > MacBook Core Duo, Mac OS X 10.4.9 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
