yeah ß is not an β alt gr + s writes ß ( but this is not an beta ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#Graphically_similar_letters However, the reverse substitution of using German "ß" as a surrogate for Greek "β" once was common when describing beta test versions of application programs for older operating systems not the case (older operating systems) , but I don't know type one beta character On Ter, 2016-05-10 at 22:47 +0100, Pawel Bogucki wrote: > Probably because it looks similar to β when looking at keyboard map > :-) > On 10 May 2016 9:21 p.m., "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F > > > > Why eszett? > > -- > > test mailing list > > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/test@lists.fedoraproject > > .org > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/test@lists.fedoraproject.o > rg -- Sérgio M. B. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx