Yen Symbol Instead Of Backslash

I recently was experimenting typing in japanese on my computer in the process i accidentally set in regional options my settings to japanese format for date time etc.

Yen symbol instead of backslash. It is also displayed in places where backslashes are supposed to be such as. The filesystem code doesn t care what the character looks like only what the character code value is. A backslash like symbol is used for the set difference. Then i stumbled on a solution that works for me and decided to post it here because your title has the clearest description of the problem i was having.

The screen showed the yen symbol rather than the backslash. C iamawesome stuff moreawesome instead of it being c iamawesome stuff moreawesome. Is there anyway i can switch this document to using backslashes instead of yen symbols. The program still functions as if the were a and if i highlight the and copy paste it into microsoft word or any other program it does appear as a.

Whoever came up with the code page decided that the backslash position was it. In all parts of drjava from the interactions pane to the main code window a backslash appears on the screen as the symbol for the japanese yen the y with two lines through it. I once tried to turn my computer s language to japanese but that didn t work. Apparently my backslash turns into s a yen sign whenever i hit the backslash key in command prompt.

Due to extensive use of the backslash code point to represent the yen sign. The code point 0x5c that would be used for backslash in ascii is instead rendered as a yen sign. Lots of web digging and followed a down a lot of fruitless rabbit holes word preferences keyboard preferences etc. You can follow the question or vote as helpful but you cannot reply to this thread.

Backslashes got used as path separators in dos and windows. It still seems impossible to replace the yen symbol with a backslash. This thread is locked.