[u-u] Terminal Emulation

[Toby Thain]

On 09/05/11 7:10 PM, Bill Duncan, 416-697-9315 wrote:
> I agree with Bruce.  Putty == pure punishment.
> Install cygwin with X and use xterms 

Or rxvt.
http://blasphemousbits.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/rxvt-solves-many-cygwin-woes/

--Toby

> and, while not perfect, is about
> the best you can do with that lame OS..
> 
> 
> [Hello Kittyhawk said:]
>>
>> On Mon, 9 May 2011, Renata Rocha wrote:
>>
>> |This might be a very silly and unoportune question because it has some
>> |non-unix influence on it, but I have no idea where to ask.
>> |
>> |I happen to be managing different kinds of unixes, mostly Solaris 10.
>> |
>> |I have to connect to these instances using Putty. Yes, it's a windows
>> |machine. How to make the terminal on the other side talk to putty on a
>> |more friendly way? I noticed it's VT100, but when I open vi... my
>> |life's over. Editing a file is pain and suffering. I set the term for
>> |vt100, exported, yadda yadda, but I can't use backspace/delete.
>> |
>> |Any help on making my life better would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>> 	install Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com/
>>
>>
>> O .		Bruce Becker	Toronto, Ontario	+1 416 410 0879
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