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On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:18:56 +0100, Simon Ruderich wrote: |
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> My problem is now that some characters (like the curly brace) can |
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> only be typed by using the alt-key. But if I press the alt-key and 8 |
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> for example then the console changes from this: |
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> livecd root # |
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> To this: |
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> (arg: 8) |
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> And I don't know what this means. |
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> Is there anything I can do to get the alt-key working? |
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This is nothing to do with the iBook hardware, my AMD64 box does it too. |
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The Alt key works but Alt-n giving (arg: n) appears to be a feature of |
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bash, although there's no reference to the Alt key in the bash manpage. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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In the begining, there was nothing. |
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