Hello, I'm running sage on virtual box and changed the keyboard layout to german. It works well, except the ^-function leads to a syntax error. Sage recognizes the power by setting the power number high. Can you help me? Best regard, Henning
I think you mean that when you type x^2 you obtain x², as if the
circumflex ^ "eats" the 2 and turns it into a "superscript two",
and then when you evaluate that with Sage you get a SyntaxError.
To avoid that, type a space after typing ^, as if you were typing x^ 2.
So you would be typing x followed by ^ followed by a space followed by 2.
Then you will get x^2.
Similarly, using a French keyboard, to get x^a we have to add in a space
and type x^ a, otherwise we get xâ.
Very interesting; that would be worth adding to the wiki about the virtualbox.
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Does it work if you set the keyboard back to english ?