[u-u] Terminal Emulation

[Hello Kittyhawk]

On Mon, 9 May 2011, Bill Duncan, 416-697-9315 wrote:
|[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/
|
|I agree with Bruce.  Putty == pure punishment.
|Install cygwin with X and use xterms and, while not perfect, is about
|the best you can do with that lame OS..


	Cygwin makes the sheer hell of the Windeath
	environment more tolerable & familiar (altho
	it will not usually help you if you have any
	M$-based issues to deal with, which in my
	experience are many & horrific) ...


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