Keyboard Legend

Refer explicitly to keyboard strokes in your text.

Syntax

The replacement character ~ indicates a key legend.

Layout

The replacement code {‍~K} for example shows the K.

Guillemets in Linux

The operating system Linux offers these simple keyboard shortcuts to introduce punctuation elements for French, Swiss and German typography.

Alt Gr + Y

corresponds to the guillemet ‘»’

Alt Gr + X

produces the guillemet ‘«’

Alt Gr + Shift + Y

gives us a single guillemet ‘›’

Alt Gr + Shift + X

produces ‘‹’

Copy & Paste in Windows

The operating system Windows allows copying a piece of text into the clipboard by typing Ctrl + C. To insert the clipboard content at another location, we type Ctrl + V.