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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:37:27 -0500
From:      Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net>
To:        Mario Antonio <dino@webjogger.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using Vi through a Serial Console
Message-ID:  <400AB647.4060101@mindcore.net>
In-Reply-To: <000501c3dd54$f90c4c70$13c01dd0@webjogger.net>
References:  <000501c3dd54$f90c4c70$13c01dd0@webjogger.net>

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Mario Antonio wrote:

>Dear List,
>
>When I make a serial connection to a FreeBSD server that has its serial port
>configured as a console, how can I make the "vi" editor work?
>
>
>Mario
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export the TERM environment variable from the shell to the correct 
value, try:
TERM=vt100
export TERM

as a first shot...

Scott




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