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Date:      Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:32:46 -0600
From:      Eric <heli@mikestammer.com>
To:        Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh client affecting fonts?
Message-ID:  <4574237E.6070803@mikestammer.com>
In-Reply-To: <45740567.5050604@dial.pipex.com>
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Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Eric wrote:
>
>>> So what terminal type is set when you use SecureCRT?  putty will use 
>>> something like xterm or vt100 both of which will display make config 
>>> correctly, but a setting for a dumb terminal or no setting will look 
>>> more like your screenshot.
>>>
>>> --Alex
>>>
>>>
>> i have tried xterm, linux, ansi, etc all with the same result. i also 
>> tried different fonts in secureCRT to no avail.  Putty is using xterm 
>> and courier new.  weird
>
> That's presumably the setting you choose in SecureCRT.  What do you 
> actually get when you have logged in?
>
> echo $term
> echo $TERM
>
> --Alex
>
>
$term is blank, $TERM is xterm

i changed the font to courier new and it works again as expected. it 
always worked in putty tho.



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