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- From: trier@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier)
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- Subject: Re: TELNET terminal types
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- Date: 10 Jan 93 17:01:58 GMT
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- One solution is to modify the termcap or terminfo files, as appropriate for
- the system, to accept dec-vt100 as a synonym for vt100.
-
- The solution used by NCSA Telnet (or was it CUTCP?) was to make the terminal
- name user-configurable.
-
- The final option (really klugey) is to assume your telnet was written in C
- and use a hex editor to search for and change "DEC-VT100\0" to
- "vt100\0\0\0\0\0". (\0 represents a NUL, an 00 byte.)
-
- I strongly recommend the first option, since one should always prefer making
- a system RFC compliant over making its peer non-compliant. The third option
- should be used only as your last resort, and you should check your license to
- make sure it's legally OK before doing it.
-
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