[u-u] Terminal Emulation

[Bill Duncan, 416-697-9315]

Dave's into S&M..

You can even start cygwin with

   xterm  [your fav options]  &

You'd almost think you were home..

Dave has to drill down on those @#$%^& menus and set the options
and click some more to start another one..

;-)


[David Gilbert said:]
> 
> On 5/9/2011 6:52 PM, Jim Mercer wrote:
> > On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 06:32:58PM -0400, Vance Shipley wrote:
> >> Putty is not a terminal emulator, which is what you really need.
> > it seems to work quite nicely for me as 'xterm' or 'vt220'
> 
> I have never had a huge problem with putty and even fairly complex
> terminal emulation (like, say, emacs).  Some people make the mistake
> that putty is vt100 ... which it isn't.  It's xterm.
> 
> You might want to have a look at what your OS and your .bashrc set as
> the default TERM variable.  xterms will always set the TERM variable
> when they spawn a shell... but you may be arriving at your shell prompt
> with a blank TERM or one that is set somewhat randomly.
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