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Re: terminal weirdness?


From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:22:23 -0800

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

This is a feature.  When your terminal software receives an ENQ character, it
will send back the name of your terminal (e.g., "vt100" or "xterm"), or
whatever else it's been instructed to send back.  Try it (ENQ is ASCII 5).

This is also the reason why receiving random binary data on a terminal will
often cause the terminal name to be printed many times.

OK, so now can someone tell me why doing a more on binary files
often leaves me sitting in ed?

                                        BB


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