Great english Fred.
Just to update on the underscore_with_a_caret_underneath key, aka the option key. On the Mac OS you use it to "modify" a command or click and to enter certain characters more commonly used in foreign languages. Instead of ALT-0128 in windows you hit option-u (for umlaut) and then the u, o or whatever character you fancy.
As for the modify command, when you option click on a menu for example you might get extra (advanced) options or some programs show all the keyboard equivalents. OS9 used to have a lot more of those options, but OSX is catching up. Just click on the file menu with and without the option key. Also opening the display panel with the option key pressed shows all resolutions&refresh rates instead of the supported (although in recent OS builds there is separate checkbox for this as well or it has been disabled). Or when emptying the trash it skips the warning.
But in short, the option key is there to modify a command or key stroke.
Good english
Great english Fred.
Just to update on the underscore_with_a_caret_underneath key, aka the option key. On the Mac OS you use it to "modify" a command or click and to enter certain characters more commonly used in foreign languages. Instead of ALT-0128 in windows you hit option-u (for umlaut) and then the u, o or whatever character you fancy.
As for the modify command, when you option click on a menu for example you might get extra (advanced) options or some programs show all the keyboard equivalents. OS9 used to have a lot more of those options, but OSX is catching up. Just click on the file menu with and without the option key. Also opening the display panel with the option key pressed shows all resolutions&refresh rates instead of the supported (although in recent OS builds there is separate checkbox for this as well or it has been disabled). Or when emptying the trash it skips the warning.
But in short, the option key is there to modify a command or key stroke.