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How to change keyboard speed in the Linux console? [duplicate]
When I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 the desktop environment disappears and a terminal window appears. Pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7 brings me back to DE.
This terminal is useful when the DE hangs for some reason ...
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How can a bash script detect support for window titling escape characters?
I have a debug trap that runs every time I enter a command in bash that sets the window title to indicate what command is running. I'm leaving out all the configuration details and boil it down to:
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Why do I get this 'Erase is backspace' message after I do a reset in xterm?
So when I do a reset in xterm I get something like this:
Erase is backspace.
[omarg@computer]:
I've already checked my .bashrc and .Xdefaults files but it doesn't seem like that message is being ...
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How can my script know when I'm in a virtual console vs. an xterm?
A few of my scripts (keymap changing, public key adding) need to act differently when in a virtual console vs. in an xterm. What's the real code for
#!/bin/ksh
if [[ in_a_virtual_console ]]; then
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4answers
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Set tab width in GUI terminal
I found that
setterm -regtabs 4
doesn't work in xterm or urxvt.
But, this
xterm_set_tabs () {
TERM=linux;
export $TERM;
setterm -regtabs 4
}
will circumvent the problem.
But, I suspect ...
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0answers
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8-bit input in gnome-terminal
I'm trying to switch from xterm to gnome-terminal but having trouble with alt keys. I have already disabled menu access keys, but I still need 8-bit inputs. In xterm I can set 8-bit inputs in ...
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0answers
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Color terminal under USS
I've been using a remote terminal connected to USS under a mainframe for some time. Is there a way to configure this terminal to be colored?
I'm using PuTTY and xterm.
Added: USS stands for UNIX ...
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2answers
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is it possible to send a control sequence to a terminal emulator using the keyboard
If you type echo -e '\eZ' and hit return in a shell running in an xterm, you'll see that the terminal emulator prints an obscure code 1;2c. This seems to indicate that xterm interprets the VT100 ...
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2answers
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Why use a pts for xterm or anything
I keep reading on multiple sites that pts device files are used for pseudo-terminals which are "not directly connected to the hardware" (ssh, telnet).
Since xterm running on you machine is directly ...
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2answers
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Changing terminal emulators
I have ssh access to a remote machine. In this machine if I run echo $TERM I get xterm.
If I want to change my terminal emulator to some other emulator (assuming that it's installed on the remote ...
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xterm colors are too bright
I've just started using dwm a couple days ago and I'm using xterm (uxterm) as a terminal emulator.
However, I'm noticing that certain applications (like vi/vim, ls, and others) that output in color ...
