Actually, the ~ key works when I launch emacs from a terminal, but not if I launch emacs from the "Applications->Accessories-> Emacs 22 (GTK)" Ubuntu menu option.
Obviously I will just launch it from the terminal now... :-) 2009/8/4 Matthew Brand <[email protected]>: > When I use Emacs under Ubuntu to edit J programs (my preferred method > now), every now and then the ~ key does not work. Instead of printing > the ~ symbol, it prints the > symbol. As you can imagine, this is a > bit annoying! The > symbol still outputs the > symbol. I have no idea > what causes it, sometimes rebooting fixes it ... sometimes it does > not. > > Does anybody know what I can do to emacs to stop this from happening? > > I am using a Mac Book Pro with UK keyboard. The ~ symbol is accessed > (allegedly!) by holding shift and pressing `. The ` key is next to the > left-shift key. > > Thanks, > Matthew. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
