You can also type (say) "echo -e '\e\\'" blindly. You're still getting a prompt, it's just being sent to the window title, like everything else.
\e\\ (and its equivalent \e]0;) is a pretty special case, though, I doubt there are other sequences that can freeze up the term so solidly. They're special since they have to accept virtually every character that follows as a valid part of the sequence, until they see the expected terminator. With most other sequences, hitting a few random keys is likely to break you out. -mjc On 01/25/2011 02:28 PM, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > Oh and you can also get the pty /dev node from "tmux info" and send a > \033 to it :-). > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:24:57PM +0000, Nicholas Marriott wrote: >> Well, it doesn't really freeze tmux, it input from one pane. >> >> We used to abort the sequence when the buffer was full but now we have >> INPUT_DISCARD. Could get rid of that but it would need some way to throw >> a state change back up. You can do it if you like but if not IMO it is >> enough to say "don't do that then". >> >> gnome-terminal is not a good implementation to model behaviour from, how >> xterm handles it is usually the right way. >> >> Cheers >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 02:11:00PM -0800, Kevin Goodsell wrote: >>> I've noticed that tmux can be "frozen" by doing something like this: >>> >>> $ echo -e '\e_' >>> >>> This probably shouldn't be much of a surprise given the definition of >>> the state machine used in input.c, and maybe it's considered OK. A >>> quick test show that xterm also has this problem, but VTE >>> (gnome-terminal) doesn't. >>> >>> I wanted to call attention to this in case it is cause for concern. >>> >>> In case it's not clear what is happening when it is "frozen", sending >>> a prefix for certain states will cause the terminal to remain in that >>> state until a termination sequence (usually just anything beginning >>> with ESC) is encountered in the input. The lack of a shell prompt >>> makes it impossible (or not?) to send anything to the input stream to >>> cause a return to the default state. >>> >>> -Kevin >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! >>> Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! >>> Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires >>> February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tmux-users mailing list >>> tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! >> Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! >> Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires >> February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> tmux-users mailing list >> tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users -- Micah J. Cowan http://micah.cowan.name/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
