On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 09:50:36AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I normally use vt100 when in command-line mode but I > needed a different terminal for dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. > The garbage I get is what one usually receives when the > application is expecting to see a cons25 terminal so that is what > I set $TERM to as in: > > export TERM="cons25" > > It works much better but there are still lots of raw escape > sequences that pop up when the next screen is about to display so > my question is whether there is a better choice of terminal > keeping in mind that this is the command line. > > At least with cons25, the arrows seem to work and the > cursor ends up in the right place. > > On a scale of 1-10, this problem is maybe a 3, not a show > stopper but a bit annoying and usually indicates there are other > things that may not work right. What terminal are you using? Are you using an actual vt100 terminal, a vt(NNN) terminal (e.g. a vt200 or vt400 or similar), the linux virtual console, a terminal emulator (such as xterm, gnome-terminal etc)? Ideally, TERM should be set to the name of the actual terminal equipment you're using, which will then give the input/output systems (mostly ncurses) the best idea of how to translate the programmer's wishes onto your display. If, however, you're using a vt100 and TERM is set to vt100 and you're experiencing issues, then perhaps a bug can be raised. > > Martin McCormick > -- For more information, please reread.
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