Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:53:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric De Mund <ead@ixian.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: shell escape character [was: ThinkPad X20 keyboard mapping problems] Message-ID: <15213.63644.990144.694907@idiom.com> In-Reply-To: <200108052352.f75NqXm20023@ptavv.es.net> References: <a0500190fb793879559aa@[192.168.1.1]> <200108052352.f75NqXm20023@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin, ] Because most control characters are NOT echoed when typed. Many have ] special meaning to the shell (e.g. CTRL-C, CTRL-Z, CTRL-J, CTRL...). ] So the shell typically does not echo them as typed. That's why you ] need a program that does so. You can escape control characters in a number of shells with ^V. Analogous to ^Q in Emacs. Eric "What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June?" --Edward Abbey -- Eric De Mund <ead@ixian.com> | Ixian Systems, Inc. | 53 49 B2 23 AF 6C 20 81 http://www.ixian.com/ead/ | Mountain View, CA | ED DD 4C 81 AA C9 D1 A5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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