Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 01:24:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> To: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: quick question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961025010845.6037B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961024174745.5738Q-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote: > On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > >From where I'm sitting, that seems to set discard to `u'.... ;) > > You're right but I forgot what someone said on the list as to > set it to nothing at all since ^- sets it to - ;) Are you _SURE_ ??? ;) bash$ stty -a | grep discard cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; bash$ stty discard undef bash$ stty -a | grep discard cchars: discard = <undef>; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; bash$ echo Hmmm... That did work.... Hmmm... That did work.... bash$ stty discard ^j bash$ stty -a | grep discard cchars: discard = ^J; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; bash$ stty discard ^- bash$ stty -a | grep discard cchars: discard = <undef>; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; bash$ echo 'I'\''d quote the manpage to you, but that would be mean! ;)' I'd quote the manpage to you, but that would be mean! ;) bash$ echo 'Also, I seem to remember saying something about `undef'\''...' Also, I seem to remember saying something about `undef'... > > For even more fun, try `stty discard def' and then try unsetting it > > without switching vtys or logging out! ;) (It _can_ be done! And no, > > `reset' doesn't do it) > > Hmmm, there is only one way to unset it and I forgot what the word > after stty discard was ;) Well, the idea is that `stty discard def' will set your discard character to `d', which makes it hard to type `stty discard def' since it's impossible to type a `d'.... :) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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