Cannot type "<" in textentry when using keyboard layout "us"

[domstoppable]

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Current Behavior

When binding a key to type a string of text which includes "<", it will instead type ">" if your keyboard layout is set to "us"

Expected Behavior

Text Entry should type exactly the text inputted regardless of keyboard layout

Steps To Reproduce

1. Set your keyboard layout to "us". E.g., setxkbmap us
2. Use the "Advanced" mode to bind a button to type "I <3 antimicrox"
3. Try it out and observe "I >3 Antimicrox"
4. Change your keyboard layout to "us intl". E.g., setxkbmap us intl
5. Try the binding again and observe "I <3 antimicrox"

Environment

- OS: Debian 11 
- AntiMicroX version: 3.2.2

Anything else?

Apparently this is not an uncommon challenge. See this comment for a good explanation.

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