Re: Telnet translation modes...
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Jason and Heather wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is a Linux problem, or common to telnet in
> general. I haven't run into it until installing Debian though, so
> here it is:
>
> Telnet has two modes, linemode, and charactermode. It defaults to
> linemode if the other side will handle it. This cooks some characters
> and does some extra signalling. It appears that in this mode, hitting
> the Return key sends a ^M. That's normally not a problem, but I've
> found that some programs (mutt, and trn in the article selector)
> don't recognize this key, preferring ^J instead.
I do not know about your specific problem -- mutt and trn, but here
is what I do on my providers system.
Copy /etc/terminfo/l/linux (of your machine) to $HOME/.terminfo
(on the machine your are telneting to).
then in .bashrc
export TERMINFO=$HOME/.terminfo
export TERM=linux
/*********************** Running Debian Linux ***********************
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* that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 *
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