Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S938911AbXFHKv3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:51:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937387AbXFHKvN (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:51:13 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:53835 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S938695AbXFHKvL (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:51:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:52:19 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Adrian Bunk Cc: jcm@jonmasters.org, Jan Engelhardt , Jesper Juhl , Andy Whitcroft , Andrew Morton , Randy Dunlap , Joel Schopp , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.03 Message-ID: <20070608115219.694c642d@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20070608000455.GW5500@stusta.de> References: <0a25fd03117c678f17006c5fcefaaed0@pinky> <9a8748490706060205y1fc8e354p4af7426fd76dd816@mail.gmail.com> <20070607193413.GR5500@stusta.de> <20070607232248.332edee8@the-village.bc.nu> <20070607232152.GU5500@stusta.de> <20070608004117.57868755@the-village.bc.nu> <20070608000455.GW5500@stusta.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1138 Lines: 25 > The problem is that the second byte is interpreted as a control code. > > Is there any trick to get the shell working again in this situation? > The cursor hangs, and I've not yet found a trick to do anything in this > xterm again (except for killing it from another xterm). For gnome terminal just select 'reset terminal' in the menu or escape-[c; (from memory) is the VT reset code. If your xterm can be stuck forever file a security bug against your vendors xterm for a DoS attack problem. > > "Require" is a rather strong word for a print formatting issue specific > > to obscure setups. > > See obove, it's not only "print formatting", it's "kills my shell". It printed a symbol, if your shell really got screwed that much by it then your shell needs work perhaps. I'm not btw arguing that we shouldn't teach the tools to be more polite, just that its hardly a "requirement" Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/