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to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2024-04-19 14:43:00
subject: Re: FMail 2.3.1.0 release

Hi Michiel,

On 2024-04-19 13:13:40, you wrote to me:

 CN>>> I have no Right-Alt. AltGr is there instead.

 WV>> I'm not used to having a AltGr key! ;-)

 MvdV> AltGr is just a relabeling of the old right Alt key.

The code I get from Carlos's test, is if he pressed left-ctrl + right-alt at the same time when he uses AltGr. So it's not just the same as the let-alt key.

 MvdV> In the old days they used to have the same functionality just like
 MvdV> the left and right shift key. With the need for easy entering of
 MvdV> more special characters like umlauts and accents, the right Alt key
 MvdV> got some different processing in the keyboard drivers.

Seems so...

Bye, Wilfred.

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