On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]> 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 ]

Hundreds?!

Hopefully someone find them useful!


> And.... *this* is why I ignore it all and just use "stty sane" when my
> console gets confused.

"ssty sane"
"reset"
"printf \033c"

Prefixed with a linefeed ("ctrl-j") so as to ensure that the actual
command doesn't start with any of the previous garbage.