PARI/GP Bug report logs - #102
can't get ^ on my screen

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Package: pari
Version: 2.2.8 

I'm using the self-installing windows version under windows 98 second edition. Typing <SHIFT + 6> gives no result were I was expecting the character ^. 

Thanks,

Hans

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Message #10 received at 102@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr (full text, mbox, reply):

* hans roskam [2004-11-17 08:34]:
> Package: pari
> Version: 2.2.8 
> 
> I'm using the self-installing windows version under windows 98 second edition. Typing <SHIFT + 6> gives no result were I was expecting the character ^. 

Does typing ' ' (space) after the caret work ?  [ i.e does ^ behave as a
dead key to normally input accented characters ? ]

What are your primary language setting (dutch?) and physical keyboard layout ?
( from the Shift-6 above, I guess a standard US keyboard, but please
confirm that )

It's a known bug/problem in readline under Cygwin, but it hadn't been
reported for a while so I hoped it had gone away...

    Karim.
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Message #15 received at 102@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr (full text, mbox, reply):

----- Forwarded message from hans roskam <hansroskam@wanadoo.nl> -----

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:30:54 +0100
From: "hans roskam" <hansroskam@wanadoo.nl>
To: "Karim Belabas" <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug#102: can't get ^ on my screen

> Does typing ' ' (space) after the caret work ?
No, it does not.

> What are your primary language setting (dutch?) and physical keyboard layout ?
Yes, dutch and standard US keyboard (QWERTY).

Note: I do have the same problem with the characters ~ and ` and " and '.

Hans

Message #22 received at 102-close@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr (full text, mbox, reply):

* Bill Allombert [2010-06-09 09:25]:
> tags 102 wontfix

We have no idea on how we could fix this Windows-specific bug
(which depends on the Windows version and the keyboard layout).

A workaround is to define

  pow(a,b) = a^b

in a file loaded from your gprc.

Closing this bug.

    K.B.
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