Comments on: Command and Control

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:32:53 +0000

in microsoft word you can press ctrl, shift and the key with the = sign and this will make it able to type squared, cubed e.t.c You then just repeat the process to put it back to normal typing. you can also do the opposite (ctrl and the = key) to make it small at the bottom of the normal letters . Hope this helps anyone surfing.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:33:31 +0000

Zip: I’m not sure about it on the Mac*, but on Windows you can hold down Alt and then type “0178″ on the numeric keypad. In HTML you can write it as “²” — it should show up as “²”

Alternatively you can just write 2 in a superscript format, such as “^{2^{” in HTML, or from the Format menu or toolbar of your word processor.}}

*I couldn’t find any references that included it on Mac keyboard shortcuts until I found this Tip sheet on special characters, which shows Windows and Mac keyboard shortcuts and HTML codes for the Latin-1 character set and a few other useful characters. Judging by this, “²” doesn’t have a keyboard combination on the Mac.

By: Zip

Zip — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:58:07 +0000

Whats the shortcut key on the keyboard for the squared symbol?

(Small 2)

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:59:29 +0000

What about the physical element. I’m a PC/Mac user and I much prefer the Mac key configuration. It’s much easier to slide my thumb under my hand and press the cmd key than it is to stretch my pinky out to get to the control key. The Mac key arrangement allows me to keep my fingers on the home keys, which I much appreciate.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:05:00 +0000

I’ve watched myself type over the last few days, and found that it’s easy for me to start using Command when I sit down at the Mac, but when I go back to Linux or Windows, it takes me a while to get used to Ctrl again. I don’t know why it should be easier to switch one way than the other.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:54:26 +0000

I think that using command is much more ergonomic (natural arm position, use your thumb and you can easily reach the most used shortcuts in all applications q,w,e,a,s,d,f,g,z,x,c,v) than using control (squeeze your elbow near your body and use your little finger), I usually prefer to switch those keys on Windows machines I have to use. Add this to your registry:

Registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\Scancode Map”

REG_BINARY

00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00
03 00 00 00
1D 00 38 00
38 00 1D 00
00 00 00 00

Really, that’s the best thing to do…

By: jmike

jmike — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:42:15 +0000

KeyTweak is your friend. Put your control key where it belongs, on your alt key and your caps lock key, put your alt key where it belongs, on your Windows key (what the hell is that one for anyway?) and if you still want your Windows key, put it on the old control key. Your wrists and hands will thank you in a few years.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:49:03 +0000

What’s odd to me is that on Puzzle Pirates, no matter what your OS is, it’s Ctrl and not Cmd. It feels weird to be using a Ctrl shortcut on a Mac.

By: Brion

Brion — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:23:50 +0000

I’ve found that being able to use the regular Cmd+C and Cmd+V for cut and paste in a unix terminal on my mac is great. On a Linux or Windows terminal emulator the regular Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V can’t be used for cut and paste because they generally have different meanings to the console world, and you have to use some alternate key combo that’s used by this particular emulator, and remember to switch when going back and forth between the terminal and other apps.

A little thing, but a nice one, about being ‘different’ in this respect…