Re: Help: Font problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg81217] Re: Help: Font problem
- From: j.f.b.payne at tesco.net
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:03:48 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <fcg44l$rgd$1@smc.vnet.net>
On 15 Sep, 09:12, Amy Lee <openlinuxsou... at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a Mathematica user, I use Mathematica 5. My OS CentOS 3. I have a > problem about fonts when I use Mathematica. > > In the worksheet, it will be many squares when I press BackSpace button, > so I can't delete words while I'm typing. I'm not quite sure what you're describing here, but it sounds as if the Backspace key is not working. Probably it is mapped to a character that doesn't exist in the font, so it gets displayed as a square. Why this might be, and what to do about it is discussed here: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BackspaceDelete/index.html John Payne