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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="guide"
id="prob-reset">
<info>
<revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-03" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.34" version="0.2" date="2020-01-04" status="candidate"/>
<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 href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>How do I recover my <app>Terminal</app> screen when it becomes stuck
or has lot of strange symbols on it?</desc>
</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>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and
select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Advanced</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>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and
select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Advanced</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>
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