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backslash key \ produces # in gedit???

Asked by DonBerlin

What would cause my backslash key \ to produce a Pound sign # in Ubuntu , including terminal , gedit, and Firefox? It is nice to have a backslash for escape sequences in scripting ie \n

backslash key works fine Under Windows XP, but not in Ubuntu 7.10En

Do I need to specify a different keyboard layout of some kind? All other keys work as expected.

thanks

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#1

Don,

Go to System>Preferences>Keyboard and select the proper keyboard layout.

Best Regards,
Williamts99

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DonBerlin (donberlin1) said : 		#2

Nope! I have an HP keyboard. KB-0316
I tried all the HP keyboards....No luck.
So I tried ALL of the keyboards in the list....No Luck.
I know I'm missing something real simple.
help!

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zzzxxx (michalski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

some newer laptops have a bilingual format, some keys will input alternate characters when certain occasions exist, maybe you need to hold down a certain key while hitting "\"

there may be multiple charachters on each key, thats a sign your laptop has this

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Best matti (mp3tunes) said : 		#4

hi,
i had the same problem. I am using the English and the German layout. The problem disappeared, when i changed the order of the list so that the English layout came first and the German layout was the second one.

bye
matti

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DonBerlin (donberlin1) said : 		#5

Matti,
Thank you very much, All it took was to change the order in the keyboard list. I had the English layout selected, but it was in 2nd position. Once I moved it into the first position it worked. Thanks again!

cheers
don

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Stefan Lehmann (derstef) said : 		#6

Thanks a lot for the help. I removed the German keyboard and kept only the US English and it worked ! Wonders of wonders ! :-)