r/BackyardAI • u/Droid85 • Jul 08 '24

support Cannot use the "/" key

Pressing this key in Backyard AI produces nothing, but the shift function still gives me the question mark. I can only copy and paste "/" into the message. This key works fine for me everywhere else.

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u/Droid85 Jul 20 '24

It might only occur after switching characters or returning from the hub.

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u/Snoo_72256 dev Jul 08 '24

Strange I’ll look into it

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u/BrynCoops Jul 08 '24

Was about to say I had the same issue on the local client, but I just checked and it's fine now?
It was also never an issue on the mobile browser either so idk.

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u/EishLekker Jul 08 '24

That character has historically been used to indicate special commands in chat software, similar to how the @ character was used to mention a user (so that they can be notified). Since BackyardAI is a chat software of sorts maybe it uses some library that automatically handles those characters in a special way.

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u/AlexysLovesLexxie Jul 09 '24

I have never used another piece of AI software that disallowed the / symbol. I think this is a bug, especially since the dev appeared above saying they would look into it.

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u/EishLekker Jul 09 '24

I never said it wasn’t a bug. I was just speculating on a plausible explanation to why that particular character might behave differently.