On Monday 15 Apr 02, Christopher Glaeser writes: > > > Control-O in emacs via a telnet session hangs rxvt. Is there a way to > remap > > > Control-O so that it can be used in emacs to insert a new line? If not, > is > > > there a way to un-hang rxvt after using Contorl-O? > > > > I don't have any problem using C-o in emacs in rxvt. You'll have to > > solve the problem yourself or provide a lot more detail than what you > > supplied here. > > Thanks for responding. I assumed this was a common problem because I got > quite a few hits on google regarding ^o and rxvt. Unfortunately, I haven't > found any solutions posted. In addition, since my posting to this > newsgroup, rxvt users with the same problem have been contacting me > privately asking me if I found a solution yet. Perhaps a few more details > will help isolate the problem. > > Regarding your use of C-o, emacs, and rxvt, did you also include a telnet > session? Here is the sequence we are using to cause the problem. > > - Starting from Win XP > - cygwin > - rxvt > - unset DISPLAY > - telnet linux-system > - emacs foo > - C-o > > The rxvt session is now hung, and I don't know how to un-hang it except to > kill the rxvt session. Thanks in advance for a solution.
I don't have a full solution, but I can add a few more details and provide a work-around. The problem has nothing to do with linux or emacs. I can see the same effect by telneting to another cygwin box (even localhost if inetd is running), then typing ^O at the bash prompt. If you type stty -a in your rxvt shell you will see that ^O is the flush character. And if you read the telnet manual, it explains that the flush character is captured locally and sent to the remote side as a telnet control sequence. The local client then disables input until the remote end acknowledges; and I assume this acknowledgment is not forthcoming. You can undefine the flush character by typing: stty flush ^- before you start telnet. You can add this line to /etc/profile or /etc/profile.d/local.sh or ~/.bash_profile so that it is always set in every session. I cannot explain why rxvt should fail to respond to ^] in this state whereas the cygwin console does. Can any terminal experts help here? Steven -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
