Hi Leonard! :-)

 PS>> Except for the {at}, all of those are quite important in programming
 PS>> languages. I find that somehwat annoying. ;) 
 LE> Blame the German Keyboard standard. :-)
Blame the fact that we have 4 more letters in our alphabet than you. ;) Two
of those occupy the positions of the [] keys on an US keyboard.

 LE> I've done that, but I *need* the damned Windows &
"menu" keys, as 
 LE> when one of the boxes gets badly loaded, the mouse becomes useless and 
 LE> those are the only practical way to deal with things.
If I remember correctly, one can use Strg-Esc to bring up the menu. I'm
sure there are alternate key combinations to pressing all the Windows keys.

Ciao
Pascal

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