Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "Aleksandar Simic'" <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which TERM do you recommend ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291842490.12835-100000@java2.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <20010330031539.A7594@frustum.clara.co.uk>
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On Mar 30, Aleksandar Simic' wrote: >Now if I invoke xterm in X, I supply the terminal type specificly with >-tn, eg. xterm -tn xterm-color -sb. You don't even need to do that, unless you want xterm-color instead of xterm. xterm itself will set TERM to xterm by default. 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 >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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