Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI)

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI)
Date	2020-09-21 16:40 +0200
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On Mon 21 Sep 2020 at 12:16:53 (+1000), David wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 at 21:56, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> 
> > There are many ways to work around it.  My preferred way is to clear
> > the screen with Ctrl-L (ESC Ctrl-L for me, because I use bash in vi
> > mode).  That will redraw the shell prompt and the partially typed
> > command after clearing the screen, and allow you to continue typing.
> 
> Thank you very much for that advice. I was not aware that bash
> "clear-screen" has the feature of repainting the partially typed
> command. This exactly addresses what was causing my concern, so I am
> less troubled by this now.

BTW, I failed to point out earlier that Ctrl-L is a safer workaround
than Ctrl-U Enter Ctrl-Y for one other reason: Ctrl-L is not adjacent
to the Enter key. You might say "but neither is Ctrl-U", but actually
it is—it's adjacent to Ctrl-J (≡ Enter).

Cheers,
David.

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how to remove GUI "Michael Morgan" <michaelmorgan937@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 06:40 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 08:40 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 08:40 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-09-11 10:10 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-09-11 14:00 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 15:10 +0200
      Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 16:40 +0200
        Re: how to remove GUI David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-11 17:40 +0200
          Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 17:50 +0200
            Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2020-09-11 21:20 +0200
              Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-12 04:10 +0200
              Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 13:50 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-14 04:20 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-14 14:00 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 04:20 +0200
                Re: spurious CR/LF on tty (was: how to remove GUI) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-21 16:40 +0200
          Re: how to remove GUI Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 11:50 +0200
  Re: how to remove GUI Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-11 14:00 +0200
    Re: how to remove GUI rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-11 14:40 +0200

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