Topic: Why does my keyboard make the yen sign whenever I press \?
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 14 years ago #19,676
Well, it didn't do it there, but it does it in some circumstances like Notepad and here, \.
I'm thinking I might have set something that I wasn't suppose to and I don't know what that is.
EDIT: Okay, it didn't show up as yen when I hit the preview button, but it does in the text field.
I'm thinking I might have set something that I wasn't suppose to and I don't know what that is.
EDIT: Okay, it didn't show up as yen when I hit the preview button, but it does in the text field.
(Edited 5 seconds later.)
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #322,468
Perhaps you should just sit back, relax, and listen to this.
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Anonymous B double-posted this 14 years ago, 27 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #322,473
@OP
Some quick poking around reveals:
Installing Japanese language support often causes the backslash to be displayed as a Yen symbol. Don't worry, it's the same code point you have always been typing, so it should function the same way. It just displays as a Yen symbol for you on your computer.
Possible fixes:
- Some language packs change your default system locale. Go change it back (and then reboot) so your computer stops using Japanese conventions.
- If the above isn't working and the problem is only a problem in your browser: set your browser to avoid using fonts (MS Arial Unicode, MS Gothic, etc.) that are affected by the change.
- If the problem is only present in a recent version of MS Office, go to File → Options → Advanced and untick the "Display backslashes as Yen symbols" box. (Yes, apparently there is an option specifically for this.)
Other, more-extreme, fixes might include:
- Go in and edit the affected fonts yourself so this behavior doesn't bother you.
- Uninstall Japanese language support and stop being a weeaboo.
- Install GNU/Linux! We use forward-slashes for directory separators and don't give a fuck.
Some quick poking around reveals:
Installing Japanese language support often causes the backslash to be displayed as a Yen symbol. Don't worry, it's the same code point you have always been typing, so it should function the same way. It just displays as a Yen symbol for you on your computer.
Possible fixes:
- Some language packs change your default system locale. Go change it back (and then reboot) so your computer stops using Japanese conventions.
- If the above isn't working and the problem is only a problem in your browser: set your browser to avoid using fonts (MS Arial Unicode, MS Gothic, etc.) that are affected by the change.
- If the problem is only present in a recent version of MS Office, go to File → Options → Advanced and untick the "Display backslashes as Yen symbols" box. (Yes, apparently there is an option specifically for this.)
Other, more-extreme, fixes might include:
- Go in and edit the affected fonts yourself so this behavior doesn't bother you.
- Uninstall Japanese language support and stop being a weeaboo.
- Install GNU/Linux! We use forward-slashes for directory separators and don't give a fuck.
(Edited 2 minutes later.)