On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:26:07AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > 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?
Yes, it really has to be something in my environment as otherwise I'm sure other people would be reporting the same problem. I've tried changing user and that hasn't helped though. -- Chris Green
