[maemo-developers] xterm cant escape so my cursor is homeless (echo -e "\033[H")

From: Santtu Lakkala inz at inz.fi
Date: Fri Jan 2 19:06:36 EET 2009
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tz wrote:
>> The problem is probably that busybox echo does not support -e. You'll
>> need to use real esc instead of escaping it.
> 
> Actually it does.  The echo -e "\033[H" >x.txt will show up with the
> actual escape character.

Ahh, indeed, it supports \033, but not \e. And as pointed out by Marius
earlier, it works correctly. (Tried at least \033[H, \033[2J and \033[1m).

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Santtu Lakkala
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