1c3d0g Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Yeah, Alt Gr(eek) is usually not found on U.S.-style keyboards. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicBringer Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Yeah, Alt Gr(eek) is usually not found on U.S.-style keyboards. Bummer. It's Alt Green (not Greek) found beween space bar and the right hand windows key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Alt Green? :| Well, I gues you do learn something new every day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arheos Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Or you could be just greek and type: μ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLeKtriK EyE Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 In Greek language, μ is pronounced as "me" in "Let me know". So we Greeks pronounce μTorrent as "me Torrent" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishkin Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 it is "me" in modern greek but in this case having to do with computers and inherintly math it's probably pronounced "mu" as in the anchient greek pronounciationkinda like the coffecifcant of friction is "mu" or maybee you'd sound it out better as "mew"I'm greek and my sister is a classics major so in closeing, I'd say it is "Mu-torrent" the way it would be spelled in english to sound out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 ehm.. sorry for barging in or smthng... but..mishkin, when you say you are greek, you mean of having greek origins or actually living in Greece? Your friction example kinda lead me to believe the first...(i do not mean to insult you or anything, so there is no pun in all of this)1st ancient greek pronounciation is something we can only guess (as we have never heard of anyone ancient speak). Erasmian pronounciation is just a guess, and we have no means of actually checking its accuracy. [Even then, for ancient greek i mean, there are quite some dialects depending on time period... anyway]2nd it would be much more apropriate to pronounce μ as it is currently pronounced (and has been for all that many years, its not that modern anyways) since its context is rather modern than ancient. I can assure you ancient greeks did not have computers and had never heard of coefficients or friction.μ as in μικρο (i.e. micro) is pronounced 'me' as in 'me-kro' and not 'mee-kro-oo' nor 'my-kro-oo' or anything else (in greek).And since there is only one greek language around (as far as I know at least:p) by denoting greek letters you are referring to the one greek language. And in greek the only proper way to pronounce 'μ' is 'me'. Friction coefficient is also μ-'me' around Greece.As π is 'pee' and not 'pie'.I think that i'm really starting to sound all too greek so i'm gonna stop. It's not that big of adeal anyway...EDIT: according to IBM AltGr stands for "Alternate Graphic", or so wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_Gr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Haha, so now we have Alternate Graphic, someone else told me above it was Alt Green and I originally thought it was Alt Greek...which one is it? But about the "µ" issue, in scientific circles it means "micro", thus denoting something small, and this has nothing to do with Greek. I believe that is what Ludde intended with the name... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karasuhebi Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I have a problem with using Alt+ combos like Alt+0181 to make the µ symbol. I have installed the Google Toolbar Extension for Firefox and whenever I try to do ANY Alt combos (like Alt+0181), my cursor focus goes to the Google Toolbar's search field. Does any one else have this problem?PS: I decided to post this in these forums since I normally only use the Alt combo for the µ symbol and I figured a lot of people here use it too, so it was a good idea to ask here I thought.-Karasuhebi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karasuhebi Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 No one can help me? =\-Karasuhebi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I don't use that extension, so not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormhole Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 "Alt Greek"? "Alt Green"?? you're both wrong!its "Alternate Graphic"! think about its function..The ALT GR key is on the right side of the keyboard on some non-U.S. keyboard layouts. ALT GR is equivalent to the CTRL+ALT key combination, and you can use it with other keys to enter additional characters as shown in the following list of keyboard languages. Microsoft Word can differentiate between the left and right ALT keys so that you can use CTRL+ALT and ALT GR key combinations.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052590631033.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjard Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I've never seen a keyboard with Alt Gr on it O.oAltGr is the key immediately to the right of the space bar. It's been a feature of every keyboard I've had since 1998. Perhaps your keyboard is foreign? I use a United Kingdom keyboardIncidentally AltGr+M doesnt do a Mu symbol for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 US keyboards don't have it (as do many others), but it seems to be popular in European keyboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raaz Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 On mac you press Option+Y to make a µ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 good for you, does utorrent work in MAC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon4 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Under Virtual PC (or whatever it's called now), I'm sure it works like a dream. I do Alt+0181... so long as I have Num Lock on (damn wireless keyboard) it works fine. If I had an AltGr key (which I hadn't even heard of til I got online and found people from other countries, OMG!) I'd much rather use that... but sadly US keyboards don't have a function for "shifting the entire keyboard to a different character" (other than Shift, duh). Macs have Option and Option-Shift... why can't all keyboards have an "AltGr"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 AltGr is an IME setting, not an actual key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUYNEWBIE Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 My cordless KB has the alt Gr to the right of the space bar. I picked this up at Wallmart,(ok ok dont laugh ) it works very well for me and the price was right. KB, Mouse and game pad for 19.99 canadian but the Alt Gr + m DOESNT WORK loloh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoid Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 µ beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizeBar Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Every computer has a Character Map editor, usually accessed by Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Character Map. Just bring this up and select the "µ" symbol. Copy this, then CTRL-V to paste the character into any text line. If you want to save steps, you can copy an entire word like "µTorrent" and paste the word into the message editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gepaka Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hello friends.ì is a Greek Letter, something like the English m.Alt GR is ALt Greece and only PC's in Greece have it.So to have an ì you have to instal the Greek language....They all seem Greek to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 no, lots of PCs have Alt Gr. Alt Gr stands for alternate graphic. Basically, everything except US keyboards have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CbaS Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 ALt + 230µµµ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Alt 230 only works on EN-US. Alt 0181 works on all locales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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