From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 16 18:25:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05051 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:25:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04847 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:23:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA15002; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:23:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:23:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Frank Griffith cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnet and EE In-Reply-To: <001501bde19a$602cbdc0$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.2.7 running on a network in my house. > The other computers are Win95 or Novell based. When > I telnet to this FreeBSD computer and run my favorite > text editor, which is ee, I cannot seem to get the > keystrokes to function properly. I was trying to edit a > file via telnet this morning and was unable to complete > the task because certain keys like PgDn screwed up > the process. Can anyone explain? > For one thing, the telnet client that comes with Win95 and WinNT suck rocks. And I mean suck _bad_. Microsoft can't seem to do anything right, not even something as simple as a telnet client. Check the {free,share}ware sites for a decent Win* telnet client. I use SimpTerm on occasion and it seems to work well enough. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message