On a Friday in 2020, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand how to use the escape character '^]' with the > below command: > > virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0 > --console pty,target_type=serial > > "Starting install... > Connected to domain try06 > Escape character is ^]" > > When I try to do '^]', it does not escape. > This is not a character sequence, '^]' is a way of saying: Ctrl + ]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:45:21PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote: > On a Friday in 2020, john doe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to understand how to use the escape character '^]' with the > > below command: > > > > virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0 > > --console pty,target_type=serial > > > > "Starting install... > > Connected to domain try06 > > Escape character is ^]" > > > > When I try to do '^]', it does not escape. > > > > This is not a character sequence, '^]' is a way of saying: Ctrl + ] Stop me if i'm being too adventurous here, but perhaps we should change the text to say.... Escape character is Ctrl + ]

On a Friday in 2020, Erik Skultety wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:48:58PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:45:21PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote: > > > On a Friday in 2020, john doe wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to understand how to use the escape character '^]' with the > > > > below command: > > > > > > > > virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0 > > > > --console pty,target_type=serial > > > > > > > > "Starting install... > > > > Connected to domain try06 > > > > Escape character is ^]" > > > > > > > > When I try to do '^]', it does not escape. > > > > > > > > > > This is not a character sequence, '^]' is a way of saying: Ctrl + ] > > > > Stop me if i'm being too adventurous here, but perhaps we should > > change the text to say.... My short adventure to virsh source code lead me to find out that the escape character is configurable, so it's more than just changing a text.

> > > > Escape character is Ctrl + ] > > Well, as we can clearly see, not everyone is familiar with the caret notation. We could teach the caret notation (at the expense of minimalism): Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ]) > So, I definitely support such a change. The best way to show your support is by sending a patch ;)

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:45:21PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote: > On a Friday in 2020, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to understand how to use the escape character '^]' with the >> below command: >> >> virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0 >> --console pty,target_type=serial >> >> "Starting install... >> Connected to domain try06 >> Escape character is ^]" >> >> When I try to do '^]', it does not escape. >> > > This is not a character sequence, '^]' is a way of saying: Ctrl + ] Stop me if i'm being too adventurous here, but perhaps we should change the text to say.... Escape character is Ctrl + ]