Re: Telnet/SSH Terminal Help
Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>:
> s. keeling wrote:
> > Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>:
> >
> >>> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 06:03:01AM -0700, Jeff Grossman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> If I do an 'export LC_ALL=C' then term=linux and term=screen appear to
> >>>>> act the same. The display is much better but still not perfect. I
> >>>>> have
> >>>>> updated a new picture at http://www.stikman.com/mcdisplay1.jpg.
> >>>>>
> >>>> What about TERM=screen ?
> >>>>
> >> Where should I put the 'export LC_ALL=C' command so it is always done for
> >> each login and for each user? The /etc/bash.bashrc file?
> >
> > btw, defining LC_ALL=C is heavy-handed overkill. Better would be
> > LANG. I also set LC_COLLATE=C. Here's what I end up with:
> >
> > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ locale
> > LANG=en_US.iso885915
> > LC_CTYPE="en_US.iso885915"
>
> Well, honestly, I have no idea what any of those settings do. I just
> want mc and aptitude to properly draw lines. Without the LC_ALL line
> the lines are not drawn correctly. What setting should I use to fix the
Your problem isn't related to locale. I suspect it's your terminal
emulation that's buggered. Are you using xterm, rxvt, or one of the
clueless children (kterm/gnome-terminal)?
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