Re: Typing an '@' symbol on an Apple keyboard
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Matthias Brennwald (bwm) wrote:
>
>
> Greg Folkert wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 08:45 +0200, Matthias Brennwald (bwm) wrote:
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> I'm a complete newbie, and I'm not sure which mailing list is the
>>> best to post my question (I posted this to debian-user and
>>> debian-powerpc).
>>>
>>> I successfully installed Debian 4.0 / Etch on my Apple PowerBook G4.
>>> I managed to setup my (external/USB) Apple keyboard with a
>>> Swiss-German keymap. However, I could not figure out how to produce
>>> an '@' symbol... in Mac OS X I press 'Option-g' to type an '@', but
>>> that does not work in Linux / Debian. Any hints?
>>
>> Umm, did you try the obvious one?
>>
>> SHIFT-2 (the 2 above the qwerty keys)?
>
> Yes, I did. On the Apple keyboard, Shift-2 is mapped to something else
> than '@' (propably '"', but I am not sure because at the moment I'm in
> my office in front of a PC, while the Mac rests at home). Shift-2
> therefore does not give an '@', but rather the symbol that is written on
> the Apple keyboard. I also tried Option-2 and other 'number keys' with
> the Option modifier etc., but that did not work, too (this either
> produce no symbol at all or something else than an '@').
>
> Matthias
>
Wow, I remember that from the old Atari 400 and 800. They had the quote
key above the 2 as well. I would suggest checking your keymapping, and
make sure you've got the right keyboard selected.
Joe
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