On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Tim Hume wrote: > I've encountered a strange problem where my keyboard layout/language > changes when I'm typing. I'm running on Debian buster, upgraded with > all the latest updates.
I'm not certain, but I wonder if you're accidentally hitting the layout switch key when you type '| ' quickly. Often it's mapped to shift-caps or something like that. setxkbmap -print; should tell you what your default keymap is set to and what the possible alternates are. [There may also be an XFCE specific way of setting this.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as have no voices." -- Grandma Aching in _The Wee Free Men_ by Terry Pratchett p227
