Cokebottle: /kohk'bot-l/ N. Any Very Unusual Character, Particularly One You Can't Type Because It It Isn't On Your Keyboard.

Cokebottle: /kohk'bot-l/ N. Any Very Unusual Character, Particularly One You Can't Type Because It It Isn't On Your Keyboard.

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:cokebottle: /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character,
particularly one you can't type because it it isn't on your
keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the
`control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people
complained right back about the `{altmode}-altmode-cokebottle'
commands at MIT. After the demise of the {space-cadet
keyboard}, `cokebottle' faded away as serious usage, but was
often invoked humorously to describe an (unspecified) weird or
non-intuitive keystroke command. It may be due for a second
inning, however. The OSF/Motif window manager, `mwm(1)', has
a reserved keystroke for switching to the default set of
keybindings and behavior. This keystroke is (believe it or not)
`control-meta-bang' (see {bang}). Since the exclamation point
looks a lot like an upside down Coke bottle, Motif hackers have
begun referring to this keystroke as `cokebottle'. See also
{quadruple bucky}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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cokebottle /kohk'bot-l/ n. Any very unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard.
MIT people used to complain about the `control-meta-cokebottle' commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained right back about the `escape-escape-cokebottle' commands at MIT....
quadruple bucky: n., obs. 1. On an MIT {space-cadet keyboard}, use of all four of the shifting keys (control, meta, hyper, and super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in {raw mode}, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on *both* sides of the keyboard....
quadruple bucky n. obs. 1. On an MIT space-cadet keyboard, use of all four of the shifting keys (control, hyper, and super) while typing a character key.
2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in raw mode, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on both sides of the keyboard....
pace-cadet keyboard n. A now-legendary device used on MIT LISP machines, which inspired several still-current jargon terms and influenced the design of EMACS.
It was equipped with no fewer than seven shift key...
double bucky adj. Using both the CTRL and META keys.
The command to burn all LEDs is double bucky F....
bucky bits /buh'kee bits/ n. 1. obs. The bits produced by the CONTROL and META shift keys on a SAIL keyboard (octal 200 and 400 respectively), resulting in a 9-bit keyboard character set.
The MIT AI TV (Knight) keyboards extended this with TOP and separate left and right CONTROL and META keys, resulting in a 12-bit character se...
meta bit: n. The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128--255.
Also called {high bit}, {alt bit}, or {hobbit}....
alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone} keyboard
ee {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
bang: 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001), especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.
In {elder days} this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}...