From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs displaying backslash incorrectly
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:42:51 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mxrtu0tg.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4cde6a89-8b15-4841-a777-a1dca63dcd9c@11g2000yqq.googlegroups.com
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
--
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-07 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-07 12:46 emacs displaying backslash incorrectly lraae
2010-09-07 13:42 ` Tim X [this message]
[not found] ` <fopo86l6f9l4i9ieor4iigp95a8i3lun2k@4ax.com>
2010-09-13 7:20 ` lraae
2010-09-07 13:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-09-08 2:24 ` Jason Rumney
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