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Re: xterm-debian



On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 12:22:00PM -0500, Paul Miller wrote:
> What's the deal with the terminal setting "xterm-debian?"  Why can't it just
> be "xterm," like with every other unix system?  It would may so things a
> little easier if it was "xterm" since most programs (to my knowledge) have
> never heard of a "xterm-debian"  setting and a few programs ask you to
> change the terminal type - like telnet for example.

It's not telnet who complains. It's the remote host you telnetted to. It does
not have a xterm-debian in it's termcap. Just export TERM=xterm before
connecting.

cu
    Torsten (who likes xterm-debian because it is the only working xterm :))

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