-=> Quoting Pascal Schmidt to Leonard Erickson <=-

 PS> Hi Leonard! :-)
 
 LE> Why? they generate prefectly valid keycodes, and whatever OS you are
 LE> running, you can find a way to tell the keyboard drivers to recognize
 LE> them for whatever.
 PS> Apart from the fact that Windows keyboards have smaller space bars and
 PS> I always end up hitting the Windows key instead of the right alt key.
 PS> This is a German keyboard, so you need right alt for some pretty
 PS> important keys: 
 PS> [ ] { } \ {at} | ~

 PS> Except for the {at}, all of those are quite important in programming
 PS> languages. I find that somehwat annoying. ;) 

Blame the German Keyboard standard. :-)

 PS> I use an old heavy IBM keyboard connected to the PS/2 port via an
 PS> adaptor. No Windows keys. 

I've done that, but I *need* the damned Windows & "menu" keys, as when
one of the boxes gets badly loaded, the mouse becomes useless and those
are the only practical way to deal with things.

Me, I keep hitting caps lock by accident and not noticing until a line
or two later. Then I have to go back and re-type. Ick.

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