RE: vi won't work with any TERM setting
... when you log into the potato box, what's the value of the TERM
environment value (get this by typing "env").
tks
Andrew
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-----Original Message-----
From: r.l. [mailto:rl@ses.tas.gov.au]
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:09 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: vi won't work with any TERM setting
hello
Problem is that no matter what TERM setting I use, and I've tried everyone
listed in terminfo, I cannot get vi to operate correctly. The closest TERM
value is 'sun' which will use the full screen idea ok but neither the
cursor keys nor h/j/k/l will move about the page. Other TERMs produce
rather worse responses.
I've also tried stty sane and looked at individual stty options, to no
avail.
I am connecting to 'potato' via telnet from a solaris box which I interact
with via an OpenWindows xterm. I have also tried a vanilla telnet app. and
get the same results.
I am new to debian, having arrived here from Solaris via (a brief stop at)
redhat. Not being able to edit files is a bit of a handicap at this early
stage.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Rolf.
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