Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 01:04:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Elliot Finley <efinley@castlenet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screen control question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980419010325.6766k-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <353c844e.35647491@castlenet.com>
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On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Elliot Finley wrote: > Hello, > When I telnet in to my machine (2.2.6 stable), and I use 'less' > to look at a file, I'm unable to use the arrow keys or enter key to > scroll one line at a time. But if I then use 'view' to look at a > file, it changes something because 'less' starts working, and it keeps > working until I logout and back in. I don't see anything being > changed in the ENVIRONMENT variables. I'm using the telnet client > that comes with IE 4.0 and it's emulating a vt100. The Windows Telnet client, in a word, sucks. It has a horrendous emulation. I bet it's getting confused by something and running `view' (aka vi) resets the mappings. I suggest getting a real telnet client, like QVT/Term or TeraTerm. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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