Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 23:32:04 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: "Wall, Jonathan" <jw1@mm-croy.mottmac.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ^C on 'man' page stops Carriage Return on xterm Message-ID: <19980528233204.A10089@mstar.astro.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <D465F54A010C0180@smtp-gate.mottmac.com>; from Wall, Jonathan on Thu, May 28, 1998 at 03:46:49PM %2B0100 References: <D465F54A010C0180@smtp-gate.mottmac.com>
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On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 03:46:49PM +0100, Wall, Jonathan wrote: > If I exit from a 'man' page halfway through its contents using control C > (^C) then subsequent pressing on the Enter key fails to move the prompt > onto a new line. Instead the new prompt appears further along the > original line. Any characters I enter fail to appear at the prompt until > after I push the Enter key. At the moment I have to start a new xterm to > get round this (or try to remember to not use ^C in a man page) Running "reset" should restore the terminal to a sensible state. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://mph124.rh.psu.edu/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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