Re: Lynx - stop viewing binary files as text

2003-05-27 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Tue, 27 May 2003, Paul wrote: > OMG, youre a savior :) > > Ive been trying to dink with this for a few weeks now, > repeatedly askin about it in linux channels on irc, > and everyone is like man lynx, and i knew it wasnt > something with that.. Heres the line in /etc/mailcap > that was causing

Re: Lynx - stop viewing binary files as text

2003-05-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 04:27:19PM -0700, Paul wrote: > OMG, youre a savior :) > > Ive been trying to dink with this for a few weeks now, repeatedly > askin about it in linux channels on irc, and everyone is like man > lynx, and i knew it wasnt something with that.. Heres the line in > /etc/mailc

Re: Lynx - stop viewing binary files as text

2003-05-27 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 04:27:19PM -0700, Paul wrote: > Heres the line in /etc/mailcap that was causing the error > > application/*; less '%s'; needsterminal That question needs to be removed from the less installation. Why oh why would anyone ever want to install less as the default applicatio

Re: Lynx - stop viewing binary files as text

2003-05-27 Thread Paul
OMG, youre a savior :) Ive been trying to dink with this for a few weeks now, repeatedly askin about it in linux channels on irc, and everyone is like man lynx, and i knew it wasnt something with that.. Heres the line in /etc/mailcap that was causing the error application/*; less '%s'; needsterm

Re: OFF: Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-16 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I often make a script called my.reset that simply echo's ^O (letter o). > If this attachment worked right, then you should be able to use it without > any problem. Fyi, ^O puts the terminal back into text mode which is the > only problem I've ever ha

Re: OFF: Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-15 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On 15 Mar 1998, Carey Evans wrote: > Justin Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I know this is unrelated, but does anyone know how to do the same thing > > under other Unices? More specifically SunOS/Solaris? > > Some Unices will have reset themselves. > > Have a look at the tset man page.

Re: OFF: Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-15 Thread Carey Evans
Justin Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know this is unrelated, but does anyone know how to do the same thing > under other Unices? More specifically SunOS/Solaris? Some Unices will have reset themselves. Have a look at the tset man page. You might also be able to use "stty sane" followed b

OFF: Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-12 Thread Justin Liu
I know this is unrelated, but does anyone know how to do the same thing under other Unices? More specifically SunOS/Solaris? Thanks, - justin > On 12 Mar, Paul McDermott wrote: > > hello everyone, someone tries to view a binary file how do you reset the > > console. This happened on the conso

Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-12 Thread servis
On 12 Mar, Paul McDermott wrote: > hello everyone, someone tries to view a binary file how do you reset the > console. This happened on the console. Thank you in advance. > Type "reset" (w/o quotes) on the keyboard without regard for what the screen is showing and hit return. Brian -- E-m

Re: viewing binary files

1998-03-12 Thread Samuli Suonpaa
Paul McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello everyone, someone tries to view a binary file how do you reset the > console. This happened on the console. Thank you in advance. Issue command "reset". Suonpää... -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI

viewing binary files

1998-03-12 Thread Paul McDermott
hello everyone, someone tries to view a binary file how do you reset the console. This happened on the console. Thank you in advance. -- Paul McDermott The Computer Braille Facility The University of Western Ontario University Community Centre 215 London, Ontario N6A 3K7 Phone: