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- From: hyvatti@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Jaakko Hyvatti)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: vt100 lines character set
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.071630.14304@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 07:16:30 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.184517.21416@ncsu.edu>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- In article <1992Jul23.184517.21416@ncsu.edu> doogie@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeff House) writes:
- >On occasion, the character set on my console changes to a bunch of
- >vertical and horizontal lines. This is, it seems, a result of issueing
- >the incorrect sequence of control characters to the terminal. How can I
- >get it to go back the way it was? I suppose this is a common problem,
- >no?
-
- It's the graphics character set, and is switched to with ^N, and
- is cleared by ^O. (Actually not exactly, but on Linux consoles
- usually does the job. Consult your vt100 handbook on details.)
-
- So, in shell type
-
- bash$ echo <ctrl-V><ctrl-O>
-
- or just press <ctrl-V><ctrl-O><enter> to output a ^O character.
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