>>>Separately, I don't share your dismay at references to the keyboard key as "forward slash." There are in fact two slash keys on a keyboard, one that leans forward and one that leans backward. What's the problem with making it crystal clear which one is meant? Up to a point, there is no reason not to be as clear as possible.
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>>In a slash, which side is the front, and which side is the rear?
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>The position of the top relative to the bottom determines whether it is a forward slash or a back slash.

Um... the position of the top is always ABOVE the bottom, by definition.

If we assume that "forward" means "rising to the right", and "backward" means "rising to the left", then my keyboard driver should drive it left-to-right, i.e. the right side of my keyboard is the front side...? Um... then its spacebar side would be the right side and... Oh. I'm getting lost here.