Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:26:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Richard Chang) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graphical characters? Message-ID: <199604301426.OAA04316@CoDe.CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960430022423.15885Q-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Richard Chang" at Apr 30, 96 02:25:40 am
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> i have a question... like for example, if my prompts all turn > into garbled graphical characters, how do i get my prompt back? i ?? 1) If only your prompt went wrong, you have to type PS1='promptstring' in sh/ksh/bash set prompt='promptstring' in csh/tcsh 2) If everything is garbled, it means that somebody send to the terminal (or to the emulator) a Set Alternate character set sequence, so try: tput rmacs (ReMove Alternate Character Set), or tput op tput init tput reset reset tput sgr0 I think, one of these will work. -- Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- Earth is the cradle of human sense, but you can't stay in the cradle forever. Tsiolkovsky
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