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- From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
- Subject: Re: more dumb questions from a dumb beginner
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.032618.27463@siemens.com>
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- References: <1993Jan5.173856.17260@linus.mitre.org> <BUZZ.93Jan6093356@lion.bear.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 03:26:18 GMT
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- >telnetting does not "carry across" the connection the terminal type of
- >the local tty.
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- I believe that it's an option. Some telnets will, some won't.
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- >environment variable is "dialup," "network," or similar and that
- > $ stty -a
- >reports rows = 0 and columns = 0. more, vi, and emacs depend on these
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- >Set "TERM=xterm" and "stty rows xx columns yy" after telnetting to machine B.
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- Leave the stty values at 0. termcap and SIGWINCH should do the rest.
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