Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 23:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graphical characters? Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960430225907.15885D-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604301426.OAA04316@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
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On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Gabor Zahemszky wrote: > > 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. It's everything is garbled but I remembered there was a way to do something with the Escape key to fix it but does anyone know how?
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