topic @ does a return while in xterm in Operating System - HP-UX

@ does a return while in xterm

Josh Dalziel — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:09:02 GMT

This is a new one for me. When i type the @ key it starts a new line. Trouble shooting has been fun cause I can not search my profile for @. Anyone seen this before or know how to solve it.

Thanks

Joshua

Re: @ does a return while in xterm

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:13:26 GMT

Hi Joshua,

Your stty setting of 'kill' has been set to @ (stty -a). So, whenever you type @, it is killing the current line.

To change it for the current terminal, do

stty kill ^U (ctrl-v ctrl-U)

To make it a permanent setting, do

stty kill ^U < /dev/ttyconf

Login again your @ should work fine.

-Sri

Re: @ does a return while in xterm

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:13:40 GMT

I suspect that the eol (end of line) character has been changed from a cntl-@ to an '@'. Do a stty -a and that should show you your problem.

Re: @ does a return while in xterm

Josh Dalziel — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:27:53 GMT

You both were correct! I am not even going to ask how you knew that off the top of your head so fast. Thanks so very much though!