On 4/7/2013 12:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/07/13 10:38, David wrote: >> Don't ya' love Linux and the 'works for me' stage? :-) >> >> Before I made the comment to Joachim I tried this again. The single >> quotes, What has failed for me in the past failed then. And, after >> receiving this from you I tried it again one more time. It still fails. >> For me. >> >> So? Now we are at the 'this is a feature' or 'this is a bug' stage. >> >> :-) > > At this point I'd do a couple of things.... > > First, I would run xev and see what you get when you type the ' I get... > > KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001, > root 0x25d, subw 0x0, time 160745506, (125,104), root:(1328,127), > state 0x10, keycode 48 (keysym 0x27, apostrophe), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'" > XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'" > XFilterEvent returns: False > > KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001, > root 0x25d, subw 0x0, time 160745690, (125,104), root:(1328,127), > state 0x10, keycode 48 (keysym 0x27, apostrophe), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'" > XFilterEvent returns: False > > > And then.... > > [egreshko@meimei azureus]$ echo "'" | od -bc > 0000000 047 012 > ' \n > 0000002 > > I didn't read where you say exactly what the "failure" is.... > Hmm... Using "" "" marks (double quote) works for me. Using ' ' marks (single quote marks) does not work for me. Please tell me how I can say that more clearly? At no time did I say that this was the only way. I said that this is what works for me. I tried to offer a simple solution to a problem. Too often do I see 'experts' try to impress Newbies and completely derive them away. HOD Ed. Trying to help on lists and forums is becoming more than 'I don't give a $hit anymore. You did see my comment about the list monitor and the delay? -- David -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test