[CentOS] Gnome-terminal's backslashes look like Ws with a horizontal line through -- how to get a backslash?

Alan Bartlett ajb.stxsl at googlemail.com
Sat May 10 11:10:58 UTC 2008


On 09/05/2008, Charles E Campbell Jr <charles.e.campbell at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> 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.


Sorry Chip - it must be your own setup, it certainly isn't the Gnome's
fault!

Alan.
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