Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 1: The PC side(unsung.aresluna.org)
41 pointsby leephillips3 hours ago3 comments
  • Findecanoran hour ago
    Reverse Tab ⇤ is still with us, above the Tab ⇥ symbol. It is at the top to indicate that it is generated while holding Shift.

    Many people have got the misconception that both symbols together is the Tab symbol, though. There is even a symbol consisting of both close together in Unicode: ⭾ and many PC keyboards that similarly have both arrows closer together than on keys with printed symbols generated with and without holding Shift. (Apple has been printing only ⇥ though)

    • leephillips31 minutes ago
      This article is the first time I’ve heard of the reverse tab. What is it?
      • tpm24 minutes ago
        Move one tab backwards. So in form fields move one field back, in text editor indent one tab less etc.
  • CalRobert43 minutes ago
    Insert is gone? I have it here... though I can't remember the last time I used it. I never found much reason to think "I want to overwrite existing text as I type"
    • leephillips40 minutes ago
      My keyboards have always had an INS key but they’ve never done anything and I’ve never bothered to map them to anything. I do sometimes want to overwrite, but that’s always in Vim where I can enter replace mode.
      • CalRobert29 minutes ago
        I think I used it most in the odd game... I recall it may have activated stealth in Subspace (Continuum)
  • card_zeroan hour ago
    "Insert, now gone"? I press the INS key, I overwrite text, it's very useful. Though thinking about it I suppose that really turns insert mode off.

    "Key beep" sounds horrific. :D

    • jstanleyan hour ago
      The Insert key toggles insert mode.
      • em3rgent0rdr41 minutes ago
        Mind blown: we have always by default been in insert mode.