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- From: engel@sj.ate.slb.com (Mike Engelhardt)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: linux-0.98.3 termcap problem
- Message-ID: <ENGEL.92Nov7190846@m5.sj.ate.slb.com>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 03:09:17 GMT
- References: <1992Nov1.004828.6310@afterlife.ncsc.mil><1992Nov1.101439.10943@klaava.Helsink
- <92308.071727NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- <1992Nov6.111844.90524@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- In-reply-to: apm233m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au's message of 6 Nov 92 00:18:44 GMT
-
- > In article <92308.071727NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET>, Greg Wettstein...>
- > [stuff deleted]
- > > After logging into a couple of systems I suddenly noticed that the
- > > virtual console was restricting itself to 24 lines. For example if
- > > less is used to view a file and the sh prompt is on the bottom line
- > > of the screen the entire output gets displayed on the bottom line of
- > > the screen. Using less with the prompt at the top of the screen
- > > causes less to use the console as if it had 24 lines.
- > >
- apm233m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
-
- > Which comms program do you use? I use kermit to talk to a VAX runningVMS
- > and I too get the 24 line problem. My guess was that it was probably
- > kermit which was at fault.
-
- No. Kermit doesn't do terminal emulation at all(the unix version doesn't,
- that is). Kermit just passes through any characters it gets(except usually
- it will strip the 8th bit). It's up to the application on the remote host
- to send the escape sequences required. You need to get the host you're
- calling to know what kind of terminal it's talking to. I doubt that this
- is a problem in Linux at all, but with the host. Can you get the the
- application you're running to run with more than 24 lines of text locally?
- Look through the host's etc/termcap or try defining your own.
-
- -- Mike E.
-