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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hendric@astronomy.city to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

Keyboard issue with No Man's Sky on Linux?

Has anyone playing on Linux tried to use the Text Formatting Guide?

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/qv6gy7/comprehensive_text_style_formatting_guide/

When I try to do it on Linux, every time I type < it gets replaced with >. So I can't do symbols or colors etc. I tested on my desktop Xubuntu (fails), steam deck (works fine using virtual keyboard), and windows 10 pc (works fine).

I am using a standard generic 105 key keyboard, the < key works elsewhere.

(edited to Lemmy posting protocols)
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[-] sirsquid@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

What's with that weird as heck post title?

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

It's the bullshit that happens when people post to Lemmy from Mastodon. Should be banned IMO

[-] endareth@disobey.net 3 points 10 months ago

@woelkchen That’s kinda the whole point of the Fediverse…

That said, yep, definitely needs to be some tweaking in how Lemmy handles content from other protocols.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

@woelkchen That’s kinda the whole point of the Fediverse…

The point is not to spam one platform with conventions of another, though. Hashtags and markdown have no place in Lemmy headlines. Being able to follow Lemmy content from Mastodon is great but when posting to Lemmy from Mastodon means that Mastodon users should adhere to Lemmy conventions and not force their crap hashtags onto Lemmy.

That said, yep, definitely needs to be some tweaking in how Lemmy handles content from other protocols.

The hashtags were put there by OP, not the Lemmy software. I don't know who put the markdown link there. My guess is was Mastodon and Lemmy merely accepts the crap Mastodon generates.

[-] endareth@disobey.net 4 points 10 months ago

@woelkchen
I generally agree, except:

Someone posting content doesn’t necessarily have any idea where that content will be consumed. Perfect example is this conversation here—I’m posting on Mastodon, so the content is formatted appropriately for that protocol. If someone on Lemmy (or Firefish, Misskey, or anything else) is consuming this content, then it really needs to be that system that sanitises the content so it can be read most easily.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

Someone posting content doesn’t necessarily have any idea where that content will be consumed.

If someone like OP posts directly to linux_gaming @ lemmy.ml he/she posts to Lemmy and better accept its conventions and not add fucking hashtags there.

[-] sirsquid@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

You missed the point they likely don’t even know it appears here

[-] Repossess6855@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That does not answer their question. You apparently only read the title which was cut off because it was posted from the Fediverse.

Pro tip: if you post from Fedi to Lemmy, have a double line break between the title of your question and the actual question.

[-] doug@union.place 0 points 10 months ago

@Helix @Repossess6855 you realise its not obvious to anybody posting from fedi that it's a lemmy thread? Its a lemmy issue, they need to sort out their integration.

[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

I am sorry if it sounded like I was derogating non-Lemmy users.

The followup comments are no issue, only the initial post. see here how it looks: https://lemmy.ml/post/3965415

So the only one who "needs to be" aware about Lemmy is the original poster. And if they follow a Lemmy community, they are usually aware of that.

Were you aware of that, @hendric@astronomy.city?

And yes, I do also agree that the Lemmy devs need to fix integration into the rest of the fediverse. This software isn't exactly known for being very well thought out in the current state. You can raise an issue here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

There already is an issue for the hashtags looking like arse, which is the main problem in this thread's title: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3828

[-] hendric@astronomy.city 0 points 10 months ago

@Helix @doug Thanks for the info, much appreciated. If I edit my initial post, will that fix the Lemmy thread or just create another?

[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

seems like it fixed the Lemmy thread, thank you :)

screenshot where it shows the edited title

[-] Emberleaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

No Man's Sky works great on Linux Mint. I've been playing it for a few years via Steam with Proton. Runs flawlessly on my system. Definitely worth checking out proton.db to see if there are any tweaks you may need to make, though. Enjoy! It's a fantastic game!

[-] hendric@astronomy.city 2 points 10 months ago

@Emberleaf It does otherwise run great on my PC, just the weird keyboard thing is the only issue I've run into.

[-] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Which keyboard layout do you have? Maybe there's an environment variable to change it in WINE/Proton.

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