Gnome-Terminal 2.10.0 bug/feature

Graham Campbell gc1111 at optonline.net
Mon Oct 24 19:58:17 UTC 2005


On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 16:14 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote:
> Type this in a (gnome) terminal:
> 
> echo "this is ok \016 this is not but after \017 it is ok again"
> 
> Same effect if you "cat" a file containing ^N and ^O to a terminal. 
> Someone sends me emails with embedded ^N and ^O. Pine barfs when
> run in a GT.
> 
> Is there a way to stop this happening other than being rude to them?
> 
> 
> 
One answer is to switch to xterm which does not suffer from this.
-- 
Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>




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