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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: how do I reset pcvt? Date: 20 Aug 1996 13:23:48 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4vce94$r5m@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <4vaici$pns@netra.oscs.montana.edu> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E cjones@rupert.oscs.montana.edu (Chris Jones) wrote: > Occasionally, when I'm using pcvt and telnetting around, my terminal > will receive whatever sequence of characters or odd events it is that > switches it into "Martian poetry mode" -- instead of getting lowercase > characters, I get IBM graphics characters. Does anybody know of a way > to reset my pcvt? Alt-F11 (so the menu bar appears), F2 (Soft reset), Alt-F11 (menu bar disappears again). > Logging out doesn't do it, as my intuition says it > should. No, it should not. It's terminal state, not process state. If you use a VT320 attached to a serial line, it won't reset itself either when logging off the computer. > Also, has anybody else out there ever had pcvt exhibit strange > behavior with the 25th line? Occasionally, with no obvious cause, > it'll decide (as far as I can tell) that the 25th line is a different > window from the other 24, and the behavior of my terminal is > consequently pretty confused. Some application might use strict 24 line mode for a vt100 (assuming that's what you have set your $TERM to), and reset the terminal to <ESC>[1;24r when finishing. pcvt optionally supports this further in that it allows you to restrict the 25-line display to 24 lines only, featuring the real VTxxx series terminal. (options PCVT_24LINESDEF) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j