on Linux, x^2 has the ^2 replaced by a superscript 2!

[bhaller]

This is apparently Linux trying to be smart, but Eidos/SLiMgui don't support this, of course. I'm not sure whether Linux is somehow forcing styled text into SLiMgui's editor (which should only allow plain text), or whether it is using the Unicode superscript 2 (https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+00B2). Either way, it needs to be prevented.

Workarounds: typing x^^2 prevents it; I guess ^^ is the Linux way of saying "no, I really do want a caret". Or you can type "x^ 2", with a space, and then delete the space.

[petrelharp]

Where in the GUI does this happen?

[bhaller]

Where in the GUI does this happen?

Like, in the script view – everywhere, I think? I don't know if it's a default behavior out of the box, for some flavor of Linux, or if it was because of special configuration of some kind. But it happened to no less than three people in the Paris workshop. It has never come up before, to my knowledge. It seems possible that it has something to do with how the French keyboard and accents and stuff are handled; maybe it doesn't happen with U.S. keyboards. I have no idea. :->

[bhaller]

I think at least one of the people bitten by it said he was on Debian. I should've asked the others that question, but in the heat of the moment I didn't think to.