Re: terminal weirdness?

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz () CSH RIT EDU>]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:22:23AM -0800, Blue Boar wrote:

> 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?

Perhaps your version of "more" has a keystroke binding which launches ed, and
this character appears in your terminal type?

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 - mdz