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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Input of char 's' is not possible anymore Post 302379046 by methyl on Wednesday 9th of December 2009 11:41:11 AM
Old 12-09-2009
It is likely that your .profile file or the system /etc/profile file contains a rogue "stty" command.

For example:

This command would cause the command being typed to abort whenever you type the character "s".
Code:
stty intr 's'

This command would cause most terminals to appear to hang if you typed the character 's'.
Code:
stty stop 's'


Suggest you read these profile files with "cat" piped to "more" to find out if this is what has happened.

What is the Operating System?
Code:
uname -a

Do you have root access. If so, does the problem affect the root account as well as the user account?
Are all user accounts affected?

---------- Post updated at 16:41 ---------- Previous update was at 15:30 ----------

If there is an issue with stty, this might let you get control.

Code:
First create a variable containing octal 163 (lower case "s")
S=`echo "\0163\c"`

Then enquire of the current "stty" settings, using $S in place of lower case "s".
${S}tty -a

If something is assigned to lower case "s", we can then put the terminal settings back to something
 more normal using the "stty sane" command while we fix the issue.

${S}tty ${S}ane

Now we have a means of typing a lower case "s" we can of course type any command line command.
We still wouldn't be able to type an "s" in an editor session.

Last edited by methyl; 12-09-2009 at 12:44 PM.. Reason: layout
 

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dxhanziim

dxhanziim(1X)															     dxhanziim(1X)

NAME

       dxhanziim - An input server for Simplified Chinese

DESCRIPTION

       In  a  Motif environment such as CDE, Asian language input methods are supported by independent processes called input servers. The Simpli-
       fied Chinese input server (dxhanziim) is an X client process that can run on a standard X server, provided that the server system  has  the
       required  Simplified Chinese fonts installed. This means that the input server can run on any system that can access your X display device,
       including the device itself.

   Starting the Input Server
       If your CDE session language is set to Simplified Chinese, the Simplified Chinese input server is started automatically, and both the  lan-
       guage  setting  and  the  Simplified Chinese input method is available for applications that you start during that session. If your session
       language is not set to Simplified Chinese, you can switch to Simplified Chinese from a terminal emulation window by setting the LANG  envi-
       ronment	variable  to a Simplified Chinese locale. From the same terminal emulation window, you must also use the command line to start the
       Simplified Chinese input method server and then other applications in which you want to use Simplified Chinese.

       You can start the input server on your local workstation by using the following command:

       % /usr/bin/X11/dxhanziim &

       If you want to start the input server on a remote system, log on the remote system, and enter the following commands. Substitute  the  name
       of your local system for <display_name> in the first command.

       % setenv DISPLAY <display_name>:0 % /usr/bin/X11/dxhanziim &

       After  the  input  server is started, any Motif applications that have been internationalized to support Simplified Chinese can communicate
       with the server to obtain input method services. However, remember that these applications must be started after the server is started.

RESTRICTIONS

       This input server uses X11R6. It can connect to input-method clients running X11R4, X11R5, or X11R6 under the same locale. However, support
       for  multiple monitors (multi-head systems) is available only to clients also running X11R6. Support for multiple monitors is not available
       to input-method clients using X11R5 or X11R4.

       If you are using a PC-style keyboard, the input server may not recognize the Backspace key as the way to delete the previous  character	in
       the input method preediting area. In this case, you must use the Delete key to delete the character.

       The default Alt-Space key sequence for activating and deactivating the input method may not work under CDE. In this case, invoke the dialog
       box for Input Method Customization and change the key sequence for Start Input Method and End Input Method to be something other than  Alt-
       Space. For example, you could change the sequence to be Ctrl-Space.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: dxhangulim(1X), dxhanyuim(1X), dxjim(1X), locale(1)

       Others: Chinese(5), i18n_intro(5), l10n_intro(5)

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