no ~ character on keyboard so unable to access ~/.xinitrc

[forsailbyowner]

Im doing my first Arch install on an old p4 computer. Everything went ok till I tried to set up a gui. The ~ character isnt correct, its coming up at the top of the line a ?tilde? I tried changing keyboards then entering "reset" then trying different character maps but it still stayed the same. Ive searched and searched but could not locate this problem elsewhere and every site ive visited doesnt address the issue of changing characters, I get a code of 42 from the key when showkey is run. Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.

[arespi]

Hi, in most manuals and instructions, the ~ character is short for your home directory. So if your username is forsailbyowner, in this case you should look at /home/forsailbyowner/.xinitrc or just ./xinitrc as your home dir is the one you get by default when opening a terminal.

Good luck