[arch-general] howto change change yen character to backslash using xkb

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2016/10/11 17:19、Jiachen Yang via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> のメッセージ:

> Hi Shadrock
> 
> From my understanding the backslash character can be rendered as Yen mark
> in several Japanese fonts.
> This is due to compatibility reason for Japanese vendors stole the
> backslash codepoint to reuse as Yen mark in their early font design.
> For example I can reproduce this using "MS Gothic" font in lxterminal.
> You can comfirms this by copying the Yen mark outof lxterminal into
> thunderbird/openoffice,
> to see whether it still rendered as Yen mark.
> 
> If this is the case, your keyboard setting doesn't need change.
> Just change your font to a non-Japanese font (and be careful with
> fontconfig fallbacks).
> 
> 2016-10-11 16:48 GMT+09:00 niya levi via arch-general <
> arch-general at archlinux.org>:
> 
>> hi everyone
>> 
>> i have installed arch with lxde ,
>> 
>> the keyboard is setup all the keys are setup except one the backslash key,
>> 
>> in thunderbird and openoffice a backslash char is displayed
>> 
>> but in the lxterminal and geany(ide editor) it displayes as a yen char,
>> 
>> i added Option "XKbOptions" "yen:backslash"
>> 
>> to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
>> 
>> but no change,
>> 
>> is the line i added to 00-keyboard.conf incorrect ?
>> 
>> i understand that the console is not affected by xorg so i'm also
>> looking for a solution there as well.
>> 
>> shadrock
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
> 
> 
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Through yes.
But it acts like backslash, so don't worry about them.