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Originally posted by ezra143 ok, this one has been bothering me for a while now. Why dont we have a cents sign key on our keyboards? I know we can simply do $.99, but thats not the point. It seems like it should be there. I mean what is another key.... it is the other part of our currency here in the US
I think about random shit way too much....
Back to the original question...
Because then, the pesky programmers will use it for constants like they used the dollar sign for variables (in most programming languages).
How often do you need to write ¢? I think it's much worse that ñ, å, ä, ö , æ, ø ,ß and several other characters that are very important for many millions of users can be hard to write in many programs. I mean i can't even write a correct ¨u now or the spanish upside down question mark.
alt+shift doesn't work for me.
It depends very much on which program you use. Mozilla Firebird and aterm generate different output with the unmarked altgr characters, eg altgr + o = ø in Mozilla and a degree sign in aterm.
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