AltGr key

[Luis B. Almeida]

Just one more bit of information: On all keyboards with AltGr key that
I've tried, that key actually is equivalent to Ctrl+Alt (i.e. pressing
Ctrl and Alt simultaneously).

Cheers,

Luis

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Michael Milette wrote:
> 
> Usually both of the ALT keys perform the same task. However, some languages
> require the availability of more characters than is typically available on
> the standard US keyboard. As I am sure you know, some languages actually
> have more than 26 characters in the alphabet not to mention accented
> characters.
> 
> Instead of having different physical keyboards for each language, the right
> ALT key (a.k.a. AltGr key) is used to generate additional characters. In
> most cases, you can still use either ALT keys except when the right one is
> used to generate a special character that is not part of the default
> keyboard layout.
>
> [...]

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