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5 Running Applications, Accessing Desktops, and Working in Sessions 41
Making Keystrokes with Macintosh Keyboards
Remote sessions recognize most Macintosh keyboard combinations for text input,
such as Option-G to input the copyright symbol ©. However some keystrokes the
user makes during a session do not appear on the remote application or desktop,
and instead are interpreted by the Macintosh operating system. This can result in
keys triggering Macintosh responses instead (for example, F9 can be configured
to run the All Windows feature of Exposé).
The user might also face the problem of wanting to use certain PC keys, such as
INSERT, that many Macintosh keyboards do not have.
Keyboards and the ways keys are configured can differ widely between
machines. The client therefore offers several choices to ensure that keystrokes
can be correctly sent to desktops and applications running within a session. These
are listed in the table below.
Conventions used in the table:
• Letter keys are capitalized and do not imply that the Shift key should be
pressed simultaneously.
• Hyphens between keystrokes indicate that keys should be pressed together
(for example, Control-C); spaces between keystrokes indicate that keys
should be pressed and released before pressing the next key (for example,
Option-Escape T means the user should press Option and Escape together,
and then release the keys and press T).
• Character keys are those that create text input and include all letters,
numbers, and punctuation marks; special keys are those that do not create
input by themselves but act as modifiers or controllers. Special keys include
Control, Alt, Shift, arrow keys, and function keys.
• Menu instructions relate to the menus in the client session.
• Depending on the the configuration of the machine, some key combinations
might not work as expected, and alternative combinations are listed.
• Fn refers to the Fn (Function) key on a Macintosh keyboard; function key
refers to F1 to F12 on either a PC or Macintosh keyboard.
PC key Macintosh options
ALT+character key Command–Option–character key (e.g. to send ALT-C, use
Command-Option-C)
ALT+special key Option–special key (e.g. Option-Tab)
Command–Option–special key (e.g. Command-Option-Tab)