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>>>>> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>:

> Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu> writes:
>> >>>>> On 19 Oct 1998 21:15:54 +0200, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:
>> 
Lars> The `x' key should be something that is convenient for that.
Lars> Perhaps `$' is a possibility?  `2$o' isn't too bad...  `2Ko'
Lars> isn't any worse, though.
>> 
>> The $ sign is another "frequently not available on non-US keyboards"
>> thing...

> Like, on what keyboards?

Well, it is *available* on Norwegian keyboards (the old "AT-layout",
which seems to be used by more or less everybody today).  But it hurt
my hands to get at it, as it does with @£{[]} (Ouch! That huit!).

I've long since decided that the people who made that layout had it in 
for C-programmers, and that they later on could target the perl and
C++ programmers, was just an added bonus.