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List:       gnu-screen
Subject:    Re: send a break doesn't work for me
From:       Michael Schroeder <Michael.Schroeder () informatik ! uni-erlangen ! de>
Date:       2003-10-24 9:22:08
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:25:35AM +0200, Stephane Bentebba wrote:
> again a question :
> 
> i want to send a break in order to get the ok prompt on a spark board on 
> which i am plugged through screen
> with another real VT100 machine, i was able to get so in hitting the 
> BREAK key
> 
> with screen, I type C-a C-b but i get nothing (no ok prompt)
> as the man page say :
> <<
>        C-a C-b     (break)       Send a break to window.
>  >>
> 
> any idea why it doesn't work ?

There was a bug in one of the older screen versions that broke
'break' with no arguments in tcsendbreak mode. So try 'break 1'
or try a different break mode (see 'breaktype' in the manual).
(Or upgrade to a new screen version.)

Cheers,
  Michael.

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Michael Schroeder           mlschroe@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);}

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