Linux person uses (tries to use) Mac OS X

[Marc Lanctot]

On 29/04/09 11:25 AM, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> For anyone who intends to work at the operating system of a Mac, be aware
> that some Mac keyboards do not include the '|' (ie, pipe-to} symbol.
>
> The ls command now has an option ls -more to make up for the common
> command sequence ls | more.
>
> This is probably common knowledge, but I was also surprised to find that
> the Delete key works as a Backspace key and there is no Backspace key.
>
> Minimalism is fine, but this seems a bit strange.
>

Some (the MacBook at least) also don't have: PageUp, PageDown, Home, and 
End. It took some getting used to.

Solution: install Linux and use xmodmap :-p

http://www.oddprocess.org/wp/2007/07/05/macbook-page-updown-keys-in-linux/

Marc

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