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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:13:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: phil AT muqus DOT com
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Subject: Re: Subject: Corrupt characters in cygwin console (:310)
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 phil AT muqus DOT com wrote:

> Subject: Corrupt characters in cygwin console (:310)
>
> I have recently installed cygwin on a Windows98 machine.
> In the cygwin console (and also the bash.exe console), I
> get corrupt characters after I type every 5 or so letters.
> Usually something like \:310, or \316\310.
>
> These seem to occur at a random frequency, independent of the
> actual letters typed, and can be removed by backspacing a few
> times.  Needless to say this makes it tiresome to type in
> commands!!
>
> Any help much appreciated,
> Thanks,
> Phil Shepherd

Phil,

Do you have Windows configured with an international keyboard layout?  If
so, then you may be seeing expected behavior, as you get accented
characters by pressing 2-key combinations...  Otherwise, you might want to
report more on your problem by following <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
	Igor
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