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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>