Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 12:11:31 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@woodcruft.co.uk> To: "Christofer C. Bell" <christofer.c.bell@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ksh93, tmux, termcap problems Message-ID: <20160527111131.GB31305@lime.woodcruft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAOEVnYtFui7Oetv6o%2BYRdOfcQw7QVsRu%2B24VTMBa=EfxPa-tvA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20160525223658.GA31305@lime.woodcruft.co.uk> <CAOEVnYtFui7Oetv6o%2BYRdOfcQw7QVsRu%2B24VTMBa=EfxPa-tvA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Frank Shute <frank@woodcruft.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I seem to be having problems using ksh93 as my shell in tmux running on an > > xterm. The problem being when my command is longer than one line. It just > > executes the command when it hits the end of the line, instead of > > getting the value of PS2 at the start of the next line and the command > > continuing. > > > > I did a bit of grovelling around and I came across somebody who had a > > similar > > problem with bash and tmux. (I don't think it was on FreeBSD though). > > Somebody > > suggested it was a termcap problem. > > > > Of course, when running tmux it sets TERM=screen > > > > Anybody know how to fix this? TIA. > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 12:12:20AM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > Frank, > > This may not be the solution you're looking for, but I simply alias tmux to > "TERM=xterm tmux" now. It's solved the issue for me. It's just a work > around but hopefully is helpful. > Many thanks, Christopher. I'll give it a go. BTW, you can stick this in ~/.tmux.conf: set -g default-terminal "xterm" Should do the same thing, I think. Regards, -- Frank
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