Keyboard Legend
Sometimes we need to explicitly refer to the keyboard strokes needed to complete a task.
Syntax
The replacement character #
indicates a key legend. The replacement code {#K}
for example shows the K.
Layout
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 use the clipboard content in another location, we type Ctrl + V.