View file File name : prob-reset.page Content :<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" id="prob-reset" xml:lang="gl"> <info> <revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-03" status="draft"/> <link type="guide" xref="index#troubleshooting"/> <link type="seealso" xref="pref-keyboard-access"/> <credit type="author copyright"> <name>Sindhu S</name> <email>sindhus@live.in</email> <years>2013</years> </credit> <credit type="copyright editor"> <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name> <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email> <years>2013</years> </credit> <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> <desc>How do I recover my <app>Terminal</app> screen when it becomes stuck or has lot of strange symbols on it?</desc> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Fran Dieguez</mal:name> <mal:email>frandieguez@gnome.org</mal:email> <mal:years>2013.</mal:years> </mal:credit> <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright"> <mal:name>Leandro Regueiro</mal:name> <mal:email>leandro.regueiro@gmail.com</mal:email> <mal:years>2011.</mal:years> </mal:credit> </info> <title>Reset your <app>Terminal</app> state</title> <p>After viewing a non-text file by mistake, or launching some command, it can happen the <app>Terminal</app> screen is unresponsive, has strange letters printed when you press keys. You can recover your <app>Terminal</app> in the following ways:</p> <section id="reset"> <title>Reset</title> <p>Reset <app>Terminal</app> screen.</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui><gui style="menuitem">Reset</gui></guiseq>.</p> </item> <item> <p>To obtain the prompt press <key>Enter</key>.</p> </item> </steps> </section> <section id="reset-clear"> <title>Reset and Clear</title> <p>In addition to resetting your <app>Terminal</app>, <gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> clears the visible <app>Terminal</app> screen space and the scrollback contents. To <gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> your <app>Terminal</app>:</p> <steps> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui></guiseq>.</p> </item> <item> <p>To obtain the prompt press <key>Enter</key>.</p> </item> </steps> <note style="tip"><p><gui>Reset and Clear</gui> provides similar functionality as the terminal command <cmd>reset</cmd>.</p></note> </section> </page>