That's one for you for using Linux. :p
Which makes it all the more strange, as the backslash is traditionally used as "escape" character in Unix as in programming languages.
At any rate, when it comes to user interfaces, Java = bad. <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/orc9.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->
Either way, go and find more bugs in KRPG, only reported problems can be fixed.