Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 03:15:39 +0100 From: "Aleksandar Simic'" <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Subject: Re: Which TERM do you recommend ? Message-ID: <20010330031539.A7594@frustum.clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291739130.91418-100000@java2.dpcsys.com>; from dan@dpcsys.com on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 05:41:56PM -0800 References: <20010330015615.A452@frustum.clara.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291739130.91418-100000@java2.dpcsys.com>
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Good point Dan. Now if I invoke xterm in X, I supply the terminal type specificly with -tn, eg. xterm -tn xterm-color -sb. Thanks, --Alex On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 05:41:56PM -0800, Dan Busarow wrote: > On Mar 30, Aleksandar Simic' wrote: > >when I'm working at the console cons25 seems to be efficient, > >especially when using mutt & slrn. > > > >But once I start up X, and try to use slrn & mutt in xterm, with > >cons25 defined as the TERM, text becomes slightly garbled. If I define > >TERM as xterm, then it works in Xterm(the terminal emulator),even > > Don't define TERM in your .profile/.login. Let it take care of > itself. > > See the comment in the default .profile > > # Setting TERM is normally done through /etc/ttys. Do only override > # if you're sure that you'll never log in via telnet or xterm or a > # serial line. > # Use cons25l1 for iso-* fonts > # TERM=cons25; export TERM > > Dan > -- > Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 > Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com > Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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