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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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