On 11 November 2017 at 14:33, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Sunday, 12 November 2017 1:30:45 AM AEDT Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Tom H <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> [ Hundreds of lines of fine-tuning prompt manipulation code and theory >> snipped, especially involving quote handling ] >> >> And.... *this* is why I ignore it all and just use "stty sane" when my >> console gets confused. > > heh - personally, I just type: reset > > -- > Steven Haigh Coming from Unix System III, of many, many, years ago, my "magic incantation" is just that prefixed and suffixed by <Ctrl-J>. I.e.: <Ctrl-J>reset<Ctrl-J> Alan.