"command-period" ,what's that "period" key?

The period key is the key with the small . on it in many keyboard layouts; in a North American English layout, it is two keys to the left of the right Shift key, and is on the bottom row of many numeric keypads. It is the key you used to type the . in your post.

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no, 'period' is definitely only used in american english to refer to 'full stop'. so if someone only has english as a second language, and only british english at that, then 'period' really doesn't mean anything. studying the logic manuals is hard enough if it's in your second language, so I can totally understand the need to check in at this forum and get clarification.

..depends on what kind of commune you live on, beej. in some places it might be polite daily (monthly?) conversation, over a cup of dandelion tea.

Considering we're referring to a key command that is rather common on the Mac (command-period is commonly used in every Mac app to halt operations), the terminology should be rather clear in this case.

There's plenty of reference in the Mac help (keyboard shortcuts).

jord

Now I have seen everything...

I wonder when we'll see a post asking where the any key is. 🙂

jord

Remember the term 'period' is American English for the English term 'full stop'.
Sound designer may have been confused by the terminology 🙂

guitarguru

In fact in British English - or lets just say "English" shall we 🙂 - you definitely don't want to go around asking people about your period...