oh, thanks ne1.
now i know something is wrong before .

Now your getting it, sync. The @ and * symbols are indirection operators, and you allready figured out what they do yourself.

As for Saierdia's message. No problem, I wasn't sure whether your keys were set differently from the default, or you just mis-understood the original question. Not a big deal, I just wanted to make sure that we did not confuse any people that are just starting out, thus why I listed the default function key settings, etc.