# SDL bug?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790 "2013-08-23T00:23:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/1 "2013-08-23T00:23:22Z")

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I’ve been using the curses version for some time now even tho I’m on Win7 because the “@” symbol doesn’t seem to get recognized in the SDL version. Tought it was time to report it. Any possible known reasons?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/2 "2013-08-23T02:56:01Z")

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I haven’t heard of this from anyone else, can someone confirm that this is happening to them?

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/3 "2013-08-23T03:00:20Z")

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Running WinXP. Just grabbed the SDL experimental (as in, ~2 minutes before this post goes up), hit play now, and there’s both an @ in the game screen and the @ key works fine.

Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/4 "2013-08-23T04:24:51Z")

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Weird.

Also what I meant by not being recognized was plainly acessing the character screen thru the @

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**Author:** ![Ziusudra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ziusudra/32/990_2.png) [@Ziusudra](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ziusudra)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/5 "2013-08-23T04:28:55Z")

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What king of keyboard? Typical QWERTY?

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**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/6 "2013-08-23T05:09:39Z")

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Yes. Typical european QWERTY keyboard.

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**Author:** ![Ziusudra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ziusudra/32/990_2.png) [@Ziusudra](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ziusudra)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/7 "2013-08-23T06:00:03Z")

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European and US keyboards have @ in different places what happens if you try " (shift+2). That is where the @ is on US keyboards. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard\_layout](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout)

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**Author:** ![Vronkio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vronkio/32/55_2.png) [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/8 "2013-08-23T06:20:55Z")

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Still doesn’t detect the @ as shift+2. It’s still wierd that it takes the ctrl+alt+2 as @ in Curses and not in SDL.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/9 "2013-08-23T07:27:23Z")

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[quote=“Vronkio, post:4, topic:2790”]Weird.

Also what I meant by not being recognized was plainly acessing the character screen thru the @[/quote]

Sorry. LCS has been having some font issues recently, and back in June Cata’s font got all smushed together. (Fixed now, no worries.) Just checking.

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**Author:** ![utunnels](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/utunnels/32/81_2.png) [@utunnels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/utunnels)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/10 "2013-08-23T07:34:32Z")

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> [@Vronkio](#):
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> Still doesn’t detect the @ as shift+2. It’s still wierd that it takes the ctrl+alt+2 as @ in Curses and not in SDL.

By the way, what if you try right alt instead of left?

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**Author:** ![Ziusudra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ziusudra/32/990_2.png) [@Ziusudra](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ziusudra)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sdl-bug/2790/11 "2013-08-23T08:05:24Z")

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[quote=“Vronkio, post:8, topic:2790”]Still doesn’t detect the @ as shift+2. It’s still wierd that it takes the ctrl+alt+2 as @ in Curses and not in SDL.[/quote]Weird. I’ve heard of SDL in general having issues with layouts, so I thought it might be that.

Keybindings can be changed in the help menu. That might show what key SDL thinks you pressed when you press @.