Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] character set problem

2019-02-20 Thread bretschr
Dear Peter Anthoni, Re: > On 20 Feb 2019, at 07:22, Peter Anthoni wrote: > > is your keyboard type US. International -PC, that will insert the weird caret. > > > > cheers > > Peter That 's it!!! What I thought to be the most universal keyboard proved to be the culprit. Changed to simp

Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] character set problem

2019-02-19 Thread bretschr
Dear Kevin Ushey, Re: > On 19 Feb 2019, at 20:16, Kevin Ushey wrote: > > If I understand correctly, the problem is that the character your keyboard is > inserting is not a regular caret (^, \u0053); rather, it's a 'modifier > character circumflex accent' (ˆ, \u02c6). > > How are you insertin

Re: [R] [R-SIG-Mac] character set problem

2019-02-19 Thread Kevin Ushey
If I understand correctly, the problem is that the character your keyboard is inserting is not a regular caret (^, \u0053); rather, it's a 'modifier character circumflex accent' (ˆ, \u02c6). How are you inserting the carat on your laptop? For what it's worth, I get a 'regular' caret with Shift + 6