Crispin Wellington wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 21:44, Russell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm testing out some terminal escape sequences as in: > > http://cns.georgetown.edu/~ric/howto/Xterm-Title/ctlseqs.txt > > Just try typing: echo -ne "\033[2t" into an xterm;) > > > > Anyway, how can i type control sequences into an xterm > > without the cursor moving? When i press ESC, it gets > > intercepted by the shell. ESC-[ doesn't work either. > > > > Is there a way to echo a string from one xterm into > > another xterm?
I found (a message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) if i type 'tty' in the first xterm, it will tell you the name of the controlling terminal (something like /dev/pts/0), then you can: echo -n "teletransmitter works" >/dev/pts/1 and see it in the second xterm. > I don't know whether this will help, but ctrl-v puts the terminal into > raw mode. Thus ctrl-v, return prints ^M, but its not ^ - M. Its ctrl-v, > return. > > ctrl-v left cursor for me does... ^[[D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]