[TxMt] problem typing ^ in update Version 1.5.10 (1616)

I can no longer enter the French word fenêtre, -or any ê into a document.

My setup - MacBook Pro 15" HiRes latest model - French keyboard - Systemwide English language with French locales - latest OS 10.6.5 Build 10H574

to obtain the ê I type ^ the sign e the letter

so far so good, but this sequence starts a weird command line mode (I don't know that stuff), I get strange results depending on what I type next : - tries to execute a shell bash command (I know because it's complaining that the command passed is invalid) - backward deletes chars - jumps to the next line

I tried ¨ - is ok, works but Ê does not, same issue as ê

My intermediate solution : copy and paste from textEdit

Thomas