# Kaybord problem with "@" and "\[" and "\]" in console

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433 "2006-03-21T01:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrqzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433/1 "2006-03-21T01:13:09Z")

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I am using RoR on Win XP:  
ruby v. 1.8.4  
gem v. 0.8.11  
rails (1.0.0.3855, 1.0.0)

when running “script\breakpointer” or “script\console” from a normal dos  
prompt window everything is working well, except i am unable to type the  
characters “@”,"[","]", and some others: they simply don’t appear when  
pressed. Not even copy/pasting those characters is possible. It looks  
like a terminal emulation is “swallowing” thpse characters.

Can anyone help please?

Best regards,  
Marcus O.

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**Author:** ![mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrqzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433/2 "2006-03-21T10:32:07Z")

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Marcus Ob wrote:

> I am using RoR on Win XP:  
> ruby v. 1.8.4  
> gem v. 0.8.11  
> rails (1.0.0.3855, 1.0.0)
> 
> when running “script\breakpointer” or “script\console” from a normal dos  
> prompt window everything is working well, except i am unable to type the  
> characters “@”,"[","]", and some others: they simply don’t appear when  
> pressed. Not even copy/pasting those characters is possible. It looks  
> like a terminal emulation is “swallowing” thpse characters.
> 
> Can anyone help please?
> 
> Best regards,  
> Marcus O.

Are you using the Alt-key to type these characters? I had the same  
problem on WinXP and I temporarily switched to English keyboard layout.

Of course I would like to hear about a better solution for non-English  
keyboard layouts.

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**Author:** ![mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrqzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433/3 "2006-03-21T12:40:44Z")

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> Are you using the Alt-key to type these characters? I had the same  
> problem on WinXP and I temporarily switched to English keyboard layout.
> 
> Of course I would like to hear about a better solution for non-English  
> keyboard layouts.

Yes, i must use ALTGr to type those chars (QWERTY keyboard here…)  
And, yes, switching to US keyboard soldes the problem, although i must  
blind-type some characters.

Thanks for the tip,  
Marcus.

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**Author:** ![mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrqzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433/4 "2006-03-21T19:29:25Z")

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Great!  
thank you Eduardo.

Best regards,  
Marcus.

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**Author:** ![mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mrqzzz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrqzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kaybord-problem-with-and-and-in-console/55433/5 "2006-03-21T14:48:28Z")

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Marcus,

See this:

[http://wildmanshore.blogspot.com/2006/01/problems-with-finnish-keyboard-and.html](http://wildmanshore.blogspot.com/2006/01/problems-with-finnish-keyboard-and.html)

It worked for me.

Regards.

On 3/21/06, Marcus Ob [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> like a terminal emulation is “swallowing” thpse characters.  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

–  
Eduardo Fernández Corrales