On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 16:14 +0100, Bryan Anderson wrote: > Type this in a (gnome) terminal: > > echo "this is ok \016 this is not but after \017 it is ok again" > > Same effect if you "cat" a file containing ^N and ^O to a terminal. > Someone sends me emails with embedded ^N and ^O. Pine barfs when > run in a GT. > > Is there a way to stop this happening other than being rude to them? > > > One answer is to switch to xterm which does not suffer from this. -- Graham Campbell <gc1111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
