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    From Jonathan Peart@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 12 20:31:56 2020
    I recently was gifted a PC7300 and a 3B1 with all the manuals and some software. In the Unix terminal I've run into a behavior that I don't understand. This happens to me on both machines. When I type the @ symbol it prints the @ and also moves down
    to the next line.

    In vi I can type ! and # but for some reason when I try to type @ the cursor jumps to the far left and erases everything in its way.

    I connected from a laptop over the RS232 serial connection and I see the same behavior. I looked in my env but don't see anything obviously affecting the @ symbol.

    Does anyone here know why this is happening and how to turn it off? It keeps corrupting any ascii transfers I do across the serial connection that have an @ in them.

    Thanks,
    Jonathan

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  • From Aharon Robbins@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Sep 13 13:54:27 2020
    Try
    stty kill '^U'

    to change the 'line kill' character. The old, old, old, very old
    default for that used to be the @ sign.

    I'm pretty sure that'll work, in which case you'll want to add
    it to your .profile file so that it'll be set every time you login.

    Arnold

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Jonathan Peart <[email protected]> wrote:
    I recently was gifted a PC7300 and a 3B1 with all the manuals and some >software. In the Unix terminal I've run into a behavior that I don't >understand. This happens to me on both machines. When I type the @
    symbol it prints the @ and also moves down to the next line.

    In vi I can type ! and # but for some reason when I try to type @ the
    cursor jumps to the far left and erases everything in its way.

    I connected from a laptop over the RS232 serial connection and I see the
    same behavior. I looked in my env but don't see anything obviously
    affecting the @ symbol.

    Does anyone here know why this is happening and how to turn it off? It
    keeps corrupting any ascii transfers I do across the serial connection
    that have an @ in them.

    Thanks,
    Jonathan


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    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com

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  • From Jonathan Peart@21:1/5 to Aharon Robbins on Sun Sep 13 13:20:51 2020
    On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 9:54:30 AM UTC-4, Aharon Robbins wrote:
    Try
    stty kill '^U'

    to change the 'line kill' character. The old, old, old, very old
    default for that used to be the @ sign.

    I'm pretty sure that'll work, in which case you'll want to add
    it to your .profile file so that it'll be set every time you login.

    Arnold

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Jonathan Peart <[email protected]> wrote:
    I recently was gifted a PC7300 and a 3B1 with all the manuals and some >software. In the Unix terminal I've run into a behavior that I don't >understand. This happens to me on both machines. When I type the @
    symbol it prints the @ and also moves down to the next line.

    In vi I can type ! and # but for some reason when I try to type @ the >cursor jumps to the far left and erases everything in its way.

    I connected from a laptop over the RS232 serial connection and I see the >same behavior. I looked in my env but don't see anything obviously >affecting the @ symbol.

    Does anyone here know why this is happening and how to turn it off? It >keeps corrupting any ascii transfers I do across the serial connection
    that have an @ in them.

    Thanks,
    Jonathan
    --
    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com
    Yes, that did work, like a charm. Thank you Aharon.

    Jonathan

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