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From: "Alain LaBont/e'/" <alb@sct.gouv.qc.ca>
Subject: Re: terminology                                               
             

At 16:46 15/07/1996 EDT, alexis@VNET.IBM.COM wrote:
>To: LaBont<e'>, Alain  <alb@sct.gouv.qc.ca>
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>From: C.Y.Alexis Cheng,     National Language Technical Centre             =
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>IBM Mail: CAIB2499 at IBMMAIL    Internet: alexis@vnet.ibm.com             =
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>( )IBM Confidential  (x)Unclassified                                       =
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>Subject: terminology                                                       =
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>Bonjour Alain,                                                             =
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>If the "Shift" key is now known as "Level 2 Select" in ISO-speak,          =
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>would the "unshift" status of the keyboard be called "Level 1 Select",     =
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>and the "Alt" key called "Level 3 Select"?                                 =
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>Please advise on the correct terminology...Merci.                          =
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>A la prochaine...Alexis                                                    =
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No selection is necessary to directly access level 1 (if we exclude the
tolerance - marginal - of the bad practice to select it in CapsLock with
level 2 select!), so the status of this state is just Level 1 (Niveau 1).

Alt is not Level 3 Select, these are 2 different functions, implemented in
fact with two keys (which just happen to have the same function on most
American keyboards only -- on some keyboards there are 2 Alt keys and 2
Level 3 Select keys for better ergonomy on each side of the space bar).

Here is the proper terminology of some common functions, according to
ISO/IEC 9995-7 (there are others, see the standard, also for descriptions):

English                 fran=E7ais             =20

Level 2 Select          S=E9lection du niveau 2
Level 3 Select          S=E9lection du niveau 3
Capitals Lock           Blocage en capitales
Numeric Lock            Blocage num=E9rique
Level 3 Select          S=E9lection du niveau 3
Group Select            S=E9lection de groupe
Insert                  Insertion
Backward Erase          Effacement arri=E8re
Delete                  Suppression
Scrolling               D=E9filement
Print Screen            Impression de l'=E9cran
Return (New Line)       Retour (changement de ligne)
Enter                   Validation
Alternate               Alternative
Break (Current Action)  Interruption (de l'action en cours)
Escape                  =C9chappement
Undo                    Renoncement
Previous Page           Page pr=E9c=E9dente
Next page               Page suivante
Compose Character       Composition de caract=E8re

etc.


Zai ji=E0n!

Alain LaBont=E9