Probably just convention based on how the keys were labelled on some of the earlier keyboards.*attempting to wrap my mind around everything but Meta*
A lot of terminal keyboards called Enter Return because they were emulating the carriage return on a manual typewriter. Hence Return. Later on the user would fill in an entire page of information and enter it all at once, hence Enter.
The Windows key was added really because Microsoft. However other operating systems made use of the scan code. On non-Microsoft platforms it is sometimes called Meta.
Backspace moves the cursor back one space.
Erase, back in the day, would have erased a field or the entire screen (on a terminal), hence it is not much in use these days.
how many god damn accounts does teepee have?
how many god damn accounts does teepee have?.......?
how many god damn accounts does teepee have?
This one's not tp4.
how many god damn accounts does teepee have?
This one's not tp4.
psssh...
My level of enigmatic eloquence is not something so easily forged..
Even if one were able to reproduce my syntactical excellence, they do not have the immense associative knowledge behind the mere language to draw forth that Unrivaled-standard of Conceived Truths.
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how many god damn accounts does teepee have?
This one's not tp4.
psssh...
My level of enigmatic eloquence is not something so easily forged..
Even if one were able to reproduce my syntactical excellence, they do not have the immense associative knowledge behind the mere language to draw forth that Unrivaled-standard of Conceived Truths.
Tp4 is a pillar of profoundly congruent facts.Show Image(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/th_0pride.gif)
At least every second word is not ErgoDox these days :p
I still need to get my hands on a "Egdx" just to try it, at the very least.how many god damn accounts does teepee have?
This one's not tp4.
psssh...
My level of enigmatic eloquence is not something so easily forged..
Even if one were able to reproduce my syntactical excellence, they do not have the immense associative knowledge behind the mere language to draw forth that Unrivaled-standard of Conceived Truths.
Tp4 is a pillar of profoundly congruent facts.Show Image(http://textemoticons.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/th_0pride.gif)
At least every second word is not ErgoDox these days :p
Lets not forget that every word is Channeled through the Egdx.
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(https://31.media.tumblr.com/ad4bcf389edca1bab34f292bae503927/tumblr_n96fz8JifC1qa1uazo1_r1_500.png)how many god damn accounts does teepee have?.......?
wut.
me no understando.
what in oblivion is spacebar?!?!? its called 'Main'
oh, and backspace/delete (for mac users)... the word erase takes care of both. *scratching head wondering why there are two names and oh may the devines forbid a key for both....)
"Carriage Return" (and its Siamese twin "Line Feed"), along with "Space(bar)" all harken back to the typewriter days.
"Enter" makes far more sense than "Return" because you are entering much more often than you are returning.
"Backspace" and "Delete" are different and opposite functions, both necessary. Apple screwed up big-time, there.
The Windows key was added really because Microsoft. However other operating systems made use of the scan code. On non-Microsoft platforms it is sometimes called Meta.
The Windows key was added really because Microsoft. However other operating systems made use of the scan code. On non-Microsoft platforms it is sometimes called Meta.
I know on linux based systems it is called "Super". The USB spec and thus projects like Hasu's tmk call it Left/Right "GUI".
What language / locale are you from? It makes a difference as to what is called what. Keyboard terms have been a little different from company to company, system to system, but they have somewhat standardised over time. So the "correct" terms are:
Space or Spacebar: pretty obvious, it makes a space.
Backspace: It removes the previous character and moves the cursor BACK one SPACE.
Delete: It deletes the character in the cursor position without moving the cursor.
Windows key: This is only called the Win key on boards that have it labeled as such. The more universal terms are OS, Super, Meta and GUI, but since it was first introduced by Microsoft, they named it first and it sort of stuck, despite not being meaningful on other systems.
Enter: Used for when you have completed an entry and wish to ENTER it into the system. Return is still sometimes seen (usually on retro style keycap sets wishing to emulate terminal boards, but Enter is the more modern and accurate term) and refers to Carriage RETURN from typewriters which returns the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Using the most universally accepted terms gives you the highest chance of being understood by the largest number of people when talking about keyboards.
Enter is the only one I might agree on, where return is more accurate.
What language / locale are you from?
tsk tsk. windows keys are great for switching layouts.The Windows key was added really because Microsoft. However other operating systems made use of the scan code. On non-Microsoft platforms it is sometimes called Meta.
I know on linux based systems it is called "Super". The USB spec and thus projects like Hasu's tmk call it Left/Right "GUI".
All hail winkeyless keyboards (like the classic SSK) :p
Enter is the only one I might agree on, where return is more accurate.
No way!
The "Carriage Return/Line Feed" operation is probably the MOST obsolete of the typewriter holdovers.
"Enter" is precisely what always happens when the "Enter" key is pressed, EXCEPT when creating a text document.