Re: Gnome-terminal's backslashes look like Ws with a horizontal line through -- how to get a backslash?

["William L. Maltby" <CentOS4Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 16:16 -0400, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I've just started trying gnome-terminal (instead of xterm) because of 
> its "tabbing" facility.  However, I note that with it backslashes appear 
> something like a W with a horizontal line through it.  Any known way to 
> get a backslash to appear as a backslash?
> 
> To see what I mean, use gnome-terminal with
> 
>   echo '\'
> 
> in bash, ksh, etc.

You might need to post more info. Here on a box-stock fully updated
CentOS 5 (haven't booted the new kernel yet)

$ uname -a
Linux centos501.homegroannetworking 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Wed Mar 5
11:36:49 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 5 (Final)

$ lsb_release -a
LSB
Version:    :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description:    CentOS release 5 (Final)
Release:        5
Codename:       Final

Using GNOME Terminal 2.16.0, all works as expected.

$ echo \\
\
$
> 
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
> <snip sig stuff>

HTH
-- 
Bill

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