I cannot comprehend why that symbol is not on the keyboard. There are two words on the key, neither one of which is used on the screen. Insane.
It is on most the international keyboards. Why they leave it out from the US and JP keyboard, I don't know.
It used to be, but was removed.
I wish there was some sort of changelog for Apple internal policies/decisions that end up being public facing.
I think of that symbol as a fork in the road, an "option". Control, on the other hand, is just ^, same as in Unix.
(I'm not saying it's a good symbol, but that's how I remember what it means.)
Re:Macintosh Stories: Swedish Campground
by picklestime on Thursday July 04, 2013 @12:29AM
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My friend used to call it the "escalator" symbol.
It is pretty abstract. I see it as a representation of a switch or two different alternatives.
I can't remember if it appeared on old mac keyboards, but it definitely doesn't on modern ones and to me it just looks like a completely abstract symbol. I could never remember if it was control or option.