Re: vi in ssh window
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 dochawk@psu.edu wrote:
> > Hi,
> > When I ssh in to my debian potato system and try to do something like vi,
> > or dselect, the screen messes up. For example, the vi status line occurs
> > at the top of the screen, and I can't see the line the cursor is currently
> > on. In dselect the same type things happen, stuff gets printed on lines
> > previous or after where it should be. It makes it really hard to use
> > remotely. Is this something wrong with my term settings? Any ideas?
>
> Is your terminal variable set correctly? See what your client
> is emulating, and set the environment variable TERM to this type.
>
> hawk
>
As far as I know I'm using an xterm, and the TERM is set to xterm.
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