Re: Weird problem in xvile - I can't enter a '>' character

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:16:08AM -0400, Paul Fox wrote:
> chris wrote:
>  > I don't use xvile all that much, I use vile in a terminal window most
>  > of the time, however I do sometimes find I need to use xvile.
>  > 
>  > I've just found that the > character doesn't work in xvile.  This
>  > seems to be the same on both version 9.8v and 9.8y running on two
>  > different xubuntu systems.
>  > 
>  > The > character works fine everwhere else, in vile, in the terminal
>  > window, in browser windows, etc.
>  > 
>  > I've tried changing font selection but that didn't help.
>  > 
>  > I *can* enter a > by typing x3e.
>  > 
>  > Any ideas how to diagnose this?
> 
> Perhaps not much help, but:  works for me, 9.8v on Ubuntu.

same here.

I'd suspect locale-related problems (e.g., the keyboard configuration).
Some environments tend to switch my keyboard settings to UK - perhaps
you have the complementary problem of switching to US?

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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