1.7.14-2: bash not accepting "~" (tilde) from keyboard in Console (WIN7)

[Csaba Raduly]

Hi Chris,

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Chris Brouwer  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed Cygwin 1.17.14-2 using the setup.exe.
>
> I use Console (portable; from Portableapp.Com) as my entry to bash. I
> created an extra tab definition for Console, which starts cygwin.bat. Works
> as expected, so far.
> The odd thing is, if I want to use, eg cd ~, the tilde is not shown, but the
> backtick "`" is.

You mean the backtick appears _instead_of_ the tilde? That would be a
problem with the keyboard layout. Do you have a British layout?
(http://www.goodtyping.com/teclatUK.htm)

Csaba
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