pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

`grave_accent_and_tilde` key in reality prints `§` symbol

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#2,027 opened on Oct 13, 2019

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Description

grave_accent_and_tilde prints § in any editor. All custom configurations of modifications to Karabiner were disabled, which means the root cause is in program itself.

OS version: Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103) Karabiner version: 12.7.0, but the same goes on lower versions as well

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Research direction
Inspect the key event handling code in Karabiner Elements to trace how the grave accent and tilde key is mapped and why it produces the § symbol instead.
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cpp
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desktop dev
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