Use of command keys

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From: Ephraim Vishniac
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1985 14:18

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As a follow-up to all this discussion of what programs do/don't support
command keys, and when they do/don't work, why is it that every terminal
emulator I've seen uses the command key as a "control" key?  In text
editing (whether in Edit, MacWrite, MacDraw, MacPaint,...), unusual
character codes are generated with the *option* key while the command key
is reserved, logically enough, for commands.  Using the command key for
generating character codes leaves the option key unused and prevents
the use of command key shortcuts for menu items.

Was this a MacTerminal mistake that everyone copied?  Or is there some
reason?  Lonnie Abelbeck, do you know the answer?

-- 
Ephraim Vishniac
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Subject: Use of command keys
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