Unknown language in SPSS syntax window [xpost from StackOverflow]

[Haseeb Mahmud]

Hi all,
Sorry for xposting. I didn't get any answer from StackOverflow. So I am posting it here.

I am using SPSS 20 and facing a strange problem in my syntax window. My locale and everything is set to English. The OS keyboard is Deutsch. However, whenever I am typing something in the syntax window it converts to another language unknown to me. If I copy paste those unknown language codes into a text editor, then it shows in English! Is there anyone who can assist me to solve the problem?

Here is the screenshot http://i.imgur.com/aPVtaGB.png


Thanks in advance.

[Bruce Weaver]

You might want to try posting to the SPSSX-L mailing list
(http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/). It is far more active
than this newsgroup these days.

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[Rich Ulrich]

On Sun, 24 May 2015 08:44:11 -0400, Bruce Weaver
<bwe...@lakeheadu.ca> wrote:

>On 24/05/2015 7:19 AM, Haseeb Mahmud wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Sorry for xposting. I didn't get any answer from StackOverflow. So I am posting it here.
>>
>> I am using SPSS 20 and facing a strange problem in my syntax window. My locale and everything is set to English. The OS keyboard is Deutsch. However, whenever I am typing something in the syntax window it converts to another language unknown to me. If I copy paste those unknown language codes into a text editor, then it shows in English! Is there anyone who can assist me to solve the problem?
>>
>> Here is the screenshot http://i.imgur.com/aPVtaGB.png
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>
>You might want to try posting to the SPSSX-L mailing list
>(http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/). It is far more active
>than this newsgroup these days.

Do like Bruce suggests.

However, what I see in the screenshot is not "an unknown
language." There is systematic replacement of "Filter_" by
"Filseq_" and v74 by u74. Most of the other changes are
similar in that they replace a single letter by a letter that is
one before or after in the alphabet.

Since the lines are apparently okay after you copy to Notepad,
this seems to be a weird display-option within SPSS. - The only
thing I am reminded of is a nasty practical joke involving setting
up malicious "shortcuts" on someone else's computer; but that
sabotage alters files, not displays.

Clarifications:
When you say that the "OS keyboard is Deutsch", are you saying
that the keyboard is German?

At what time does it "convert"? Is this happening word-for-word,
or after the end of each line, or when?

I expect that those clarifications will not help me figure it out,
but you should expect the same questions later if you post to
mailing list without them.

--
Rich Ulrich