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Thread ID: 67463 2006-03-28 15:43:00 Button below esc newb. (10067) Press F1
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441509 2006-03-28 15:43:00 What's the proper name for the button below escape? newb. (10067)
441510 2006-03-28 18:31:00 that would be the tilde/apostrophe key kanvused (10083)
441511 2006-03-28 18:31:00 ~ tide key (spelling may not be correct)
but it is pronounced the same as High or low tide in the sea.

Thanks for the correct spelling kanvused,
newb can check out this link
en.wikipedia.org
ooh yeh (2935)
441512 2006-03-28 19:44:00 I thought it was the 'Any' key. netchicken (4843)
441513 2006-03-28 20:20:00 "Tilde" key.... I thought it was the console key.

:p

Well you learn something new everyday lol

cheers

chiefnz
chiefnz (545)
441514 2006-03-29 01:55:00 An ASCII table:
www.catb.org

`
Common: backquote; left quote; left single quote; open quote; <grave accent>; grave. Rare: backprime; [backspark]; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; <opening single quotation mark>; quasiquote

~
Common: <tilde>; squiggle; twiddle; not. Rare: approx; wiggle; swung dash; enyay; [sqiggle (sic)]
kingdragonfly (309)
441515 2006-03-29 02:04:00 But that's not an apostrophe ("'"). It's a grave character. Both those characters have uses in *nix. The ~ (tilde) is used as a synonym for a user's home directory. The (`) grave can be used in command lines. Any commands enclosed in " `" included in a line are executed and the result is used to replace the "`" quoted bit in the final command line which is executed. In some keyboard setups, you need to hit ` twice to get it to show ... that's for International use when you might want to get an accent. (like "ē") ... this one seems to be set up to give the Maōri macron accent. ;) Graham L (2)
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