Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?

Re:Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? by johnlinvc on Monday January 21, 2013 @04:02AM (#5090622)

The ctrl location on that old machine is much more handy. I've changed my caps lock to ctrl for years.

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Re:Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? by koralatov on Monday January 21, 2013 @07:39AM (#5091184)

Same here. I do, however, hate that most keyboards have a `stepped' Caps Lock key, presumably to stop people accidentally activating it when they type an `a'. Thankfully, my laptop doesn't, and neither does my keyboard at home.

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Re:Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? by tracker1 on Monday January 21, 2013 @04:40PM (#5093894)

Considering I started on the early PCs (XT), I'm too used to the CTRL key where it is... I have a real problem on lenovo, and similar keyboards where the Fn key is in the corner. I also discovered, I favor the right shift, which makes a lot of mini/htpc keyboards a pain... the one I am on right now has the shift to the right of the up arrow.

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Re:Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory? by Symmetry on Monday January 21, 2013 @11:51AM (#5092246)

The escape key is also in a better place.

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