On 11/10/2017 06:48 PM, jdow wrote:
> On 2017-11-10 16:38, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> On 11/10/2017 04:21 PM, jdow wrote:
>>> On 2017-11-10 15:14, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> Ever cat a binary file by accident and your
>>>> terminal gets all screwed up.
>>>>
>>>> I had a developer on the Perl 6 chat line give me
>>>> a tip on how to unscrew your terminal and set it
>>>> back to normal.  (He way helping me do a binary
>>>> read from the keyboard.)
>>>>
>>>> stty sane^j
>>>>
>>>> Note: it is <ctr><J>, not "enter".
>>>>
>>>> -T
>>>
>>> Make "\033]0;" the first bit of your prompt. Never worry about it again.
>>>
>>> ESC-0 sets the terminal to have no attribute bits set. So it clears 
>>> funny display. I've had that as a standard part of my prompts for 
>>> decades, even back in the CP/M days.
>>> {^_^}   Joanne
>>
>> Sweet!
> Here is what I have in my .bash_profile file:
> 
> 
> if [ "$PS1" ]; then
>    # extra [ in front of \u unconfuses confused Linux VT parser
>    PS1="\e[0 [[\\u@\\h:\\l \\w]\\$ "
> fi
> 
> {^_^}


Thank you!

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