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Posted by Jean-Baptiste Priem
Jean-Baptiste Priem
11,197 Points

The | Pipe Key in the console doesn't work

Hello!

I use a Belgian AZERTY keyboard, and for some reason I can not get the pipe key | to be typed down in the console.

The tilde character works when I do AltGr + = and then press the spacebar, but none of the other AltGr characters work, including the pipe key.

Ctrl + alt + | doesn't work either.

I haven't managed to copy the pipe key in the console either, as ctrl+v didn't work.

I've tried other combinations including various keys, then I added some witchcraft and devilworshipping, but none of it seemed to work.

Is there a solution to this, or is this another sabotage attempt by Lullaby!?

Thanks,

J-B

Jean-Baptiste Priem
Jean-Baptiste Priem
11,197 Points

Agh, it seems that when I change the keyboard mapping to international, I manage to enter it.

It's kind of a hassle though, having to change to the international keyboard layout, but it's a solution, if not the perfect one!

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Try using alt gr + 1

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY

Jean-Baptiste Priem
Jean-Baptiste Priem
11,197 Points

Thanks for the quick reply!

But unfortunately, it doesn't work, this is the combination I usually use as well, but any combination including the AltGr key is ignored, apart from the tilde after I press the spacebar.

Pierre Pavlov
Pierre Pavlov
2,770 Points

I believe this is a problem many of us "foreigners" are having. I just recently had this problem with the tilde-character. I can type it just fine, but some of the inputs in the lessons will not recognize it as a character. For it to work I also have to change my keyboard layout to International.

Hopefully this is something they will fix very soon.