\ seems to be ignored

[fekir]

In mc under GNU/Linux systems (and cygwin for what it is worth) the \ is use at least in three different places

1. You can type a\, and a\ will appear in the shell (I'm not sure if it is named shell, I hope it is clear what I mean by that)

2. The directory hotlist is opened with Ctrl+\

3. You can open the unselect dialog directly with \

In mcwin32, none of those three scenarios work.

Typing a\ only shows a in the shell

Ctrl+\ does not do nothing, and \ does not do nothing either.

Thus, it seems that \ is ignored in mc, I've tested in cmd.exe, powershell, and also tried to start the executable directly

[adamyg]

Plz check version, Ctrl+\ in latest shall present hotlist for example.

[fekir]

I'm using version 4.8.30, also retested with 4.8.29, there is no difference

[adamyg]

Confirm input is UTF-8 under "Display Bits"

[fekir]

Confirmed, I've tried toggling the "full 8 bits input", but it did not make a difference.

[adamyg]

Noted "Lokale Einstellungen" within the screen-shot assume German locale is active.
Are you using a German KB layout (00000407) ? https://kbdlayout.info/KBDGR/

[fekir]

The system was installed as a German system.

In my user account I've changed the language to English.

My keyboard layout is German.

I've just tried, non-ASCII characters like ä, ö, and ü are entered and rendered without issues.

[adamyg]

AltGr translation issue; reviewing key mapping.

[fekir]

Yes, seems to be, I am not able to enter following characters too: {[]}~

Additional information:

If I leave my Windows settings unchanged, connect from a Linux machine with ssh I have exactly the same issue.

If I change my Windows keyboard layout to something else with a \ key, I am able to enter \ (thus no need to change the user language).