Changeset 754c0de for postlfs


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Timestamp:
07/28/2005 04:56:52 AM (19 years ago)
Author:
Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>
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Updated escape sequence discussion in /etc/issue discussion in Chapter 3

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@4814 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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    3434  escape sequences shown below.</para>
    3535
    36   <para>One of the most common things which people want to do is clear
    37   the screen at each logon.  The easiest way of doing that is to put a "clear"
    38   escape sequence into <filename>/etc/issue</filename>.  A simple way of
    39   doing this is to issue the command <command>clear &gt; /etc/issue</command>.
    40   This will insert the relevant escape code into the start of the
     36  <para>One of the most common things which people want to do is clear the
     37  screen at each logon.  The easiest way of doing that is to put a "clear"
     38  escape sequence into <filename>/etc/issue</filename>.  A simple way of doing
     39  this is to issue the command <command>clear &gt; /etc/issue</command>.  This
     40  will insert the relevant escape code into the start of the
    4141  <filename>/etc/issue</filename> file.  Note that if you do this, when you
    42   edit the file, you should leave the ^[c character on the first line alone.</para>
     42  edit the file, you should leave the characters (normally '^[[H^[[2J') on the
     43  first line alone.</para>
     44 
     45  <note><para>Terminal escape sequences are special codes recognized by the
     46  terminal.  The ^[ represents an ASCII ESC character.  The sequence ESC [ H
     47  puts the cursor in the upper left hand corner of the screen and ESC 2 J
     48  erases the screen.  For more information on terminal escape sequences see
     49  <ulink url='http://rtfm.etla.org/xterm/ctlseq.html'/></para></note>
    4350
    44   <para>The following escape sequences are recognized by <command>agetty</command>
     51  <para>The following sequences are recognized by <command>agetty</command>
    4552  (the program which usually parses <filename>/etc/issue</filename>).  This
    4653  information is from <command>man agetty</command> where you can find
    4754  extra information about the logon process.</para>
    4855
    49   <para>The <filename>issue</filename> file can contain certain escape codes to
    50   display various information.  All escape codes consist of a backslash (\)
    51   immediately followed by one of the letters explained below (so
    52   <option>\d</option> in <filename>/etc/issue</filename> would
    53   insert the current date).</para>
     56  <para>The <filename>issue</filename> file can contain certain character
     57  sequences to display various information.  All <filename>issue</filename>
     58  sequences consist of a backslash (\) immediately followed by one of the
     59  letters explained below (so <option>\d</option> in
     60  <filename>/etc/issue</filename> would insert the current date).</para>
    5461
    5562<screen><literal>b   Insert the baudrate of the current line.
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