Strange question I know, but as I found out from here, the hash key, #, is ALT + 3 on a UK Mac keyboard instead of near the Enter key on a normal UK PC keyboard.
Bal said,
# has always been shift-3 on american qwerty keyboards, thought the used the same setup in the UK.
Paul said,
Nope, tis slightly different, hence my confusion :)
UK Keyboard.
US keyboard – although my Mac one is more like US International.
Rob... said,
Whilst alt+3 provides a hash key in nearly all my apps, it doesn’t in the terminal.
Any ideas on how to get a # in Terminal’s command line and in vim?
Regards,
Rob..
Paul said,
Rob, I just tried ALT + 3 in both iTerm and Terminal and I get a hash symbol. I did load up VIM but I haven’t foggiest on how to use it so can’t confirm if # works for me there.
tub said,
@Rob:
Hi there, I know I’m a bit late but…
The reason hash isn’t working in terminal is probably because you’ve got ‘option sends meta’ enabled in the terminal options. I also have this problem, but I have no idea how to send a hash from the keyboard when this is enabled :-/
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