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Re: emacs displaying backslash incorrectly
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Tim X |
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Re: emacs displaying backslash incorrectly |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:27:46 -0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
lraae <lcraae@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, I have a weird problem which I can't seem to find anything about
> on the web: When I type a backslash, emacs displays it as a capital W
> with a double strikethrough.
>
> This is Emacs 23.1.1 on Linux Fedora 12 (2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686.PAE).
>
> I tried "emacs -q" to run without startup file, but the problem
> remains. This is a school administered computer, so I don't have root
> access.
>
> Hope someone might have an idea how to proceed in solving this.
weird.
This is only a wild stab in the dark, but maybe it is a font issue? If
you enter a backslash and save it to a file and view it with something
outside of emacs, does it show up as a backslash or some other key?
Maybe try specifying a different font?
Tim
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