Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:37:26 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dlr@asylum.org (dlr) Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation Problems Message-ID: <199605210207.LAA24061@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605191413.JAA07404@asylum.asylum.org> from "dlr" at May 19, 96 09:13:32 am
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> |> > |> When i run vi <file> at i cannot see the file. i've tried vt100, > | > |You did not mention under what circumstances the vi problem occurs. > |Are you logging in remotely? Is the file contents visible for > |a short moment ? What are your stty settings? > > By setting term=pc3 or term=ibmpc i can get things to work on the console. Your terminal should be set to 'cons25' for the standard FreeBSD console. > i thought having xterm on both ends would allow me to make the window > larger smaller etc and xterm would take care of it. Starting vi <file> > remotely (logged into freebsd) i don't see the file briefly. This may be Sun's xterm braindeath, or a pile of other things. If you have X on the BSD system, say this after logging in to the BSD system : % set term=xterm; eval `resize` (assuming csh as implied by the above) > dave -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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