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From: Rowland McDonnell on 22 Jan 2010 08:51 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > I can see no `fn' key on either of my two flat keyboards - one small, > > one large. > > Are these Apple keyboards? I don't know - one of them came in the same box that Apple delivered the rest of the Intel iMac system in, and I bought the other one over the counter at the Liverpool Apple store. They both have Apple symbols and so on in the expected places, and both say `Designed by Apple' on the back. Are they Apple keyboards? Ah - I lied, the big one has an fn key, replacing the `Help' key position, just above `forward delete'. And the small one, erm, has `fn' in the bottom left as specified. > Because it _should_ be extreme bottom-left on the > min-keyboard, and the key to the right of the backspace key on the > full-sized one (where on a PC keyboard it would be the Insert key). Oh aye? Ah. Oh aye. Found 'em now. Bottom left on the small keyboard; above the arrow keys on the big keyboard. What's this fn key for anyway? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 08:56 On 2010-01-22, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Oh aye? Ah. Oh aye. Found 'em now. Bottom left on the small > keyboard; above the arrow keys on the big keyboard. Good-o. > What's this fn key for anyway? Good question. Wish I had a good answer. I _assume_ it's to access some of the more esoteric characters. I've only ever used to for delete-right. Which means I've probably only used it twice. Ever. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Jochem Huhmann on 22 Jan 2010 09:03 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> writes: >> What's this fn key for anyway? > > Good question. Wish I had a good answer. I _assume_ it's to access some of > the more esoteric characters. The alt/option key is for the esoteric characters. The fn key is for functions, like the function keys. And forward delete. > I've only ever used to for delete-right. Which means I've probably only used > it twice. Ever. I'm using Control-D usually instead. Works in all Cocoa apps. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 09:08 On 2010-01-22, Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > >>> What's this fn key for anyway? >> >> Good question. Wish I had a good answer. I _assume_ it's to access some of >> the more esoteric characters. > > The alt/option key is for the esoteric characters. The fn key is for > functions, like the function keys. And forward delete. Ah, right-o. I'd assumed it might get combined with alt/option and/or command. >> I've only ever used to for delete-right. Which means I've probably only used >> it twice. Ever. > > I'm using Control-D usually instead. Works in all Cocoa apps. Useful to know, thanks. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: James Jolley on 22 Jan 2010 09:08
On 2010-01-22 14:03:44 +0000, Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> said: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> writes: > >>> What's this fn key for anyway? >> >> Good question. Wish I had a good answer. I _assume_ it's to access some of >> the more esoteric characters. >> The FN key is also used with VoiceOVer when used on a laptop or smaller >> keyboard. It acts as the modifier for accessing VO functions like >> selecting a window, routing the mouse etc. |