also sprach JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.09.22.1632 +0200]:
> Executing 'reset' did not resolve it, but your second question
> prompted me (no pun intended) to open a new shell, and sure enough
> the pasting worked as desired.
> 
> What might cause this, just out of curiosity?

Most likely an ncurses application (vim, mutt, aptitude, ...) that
didn't exit cleanly and did not restore the terminal properly.

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