From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs displaying backslash incorrectly Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:42:51 +1000 Organization: Unlimited download news at news.astraweb.com Message-ID: <87mxrtu0tg.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> References: <4cde6a89-8b15-4841-a777-a1dca63dcd9c@11g2000yqq.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291867106 2156 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2010 03:58:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 03:58:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 09 04:58:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQXe7-00087d-9H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:58:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43539 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQXe6-0002fq-Is for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:58:18 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.astraweb.com!border5.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pWwaR1FlkQ8WkcympYOD6kGcdZk= Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: c098b48c.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=DY`_6=GGRfU7mQFj[jAd6NId3Q5BWPO_HHIQT Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:181191 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:76597 Archived-At: lraae 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