Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:39:16 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@ve7tcp.ampr.org> Cc: Niall Smart <njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk>, Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <19980620183916.31923@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199806202310.RAA21105@ve7tcp.ampr.org>; from Lyndon Nerenberg on Sat, Jun 20, 1998 at 05:10:38PM -0600 References: <E0ynWR9-0005hn-00@oak67.doc.ic.ac.uk> <199806202310.RAA21105@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
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On Sat, Jun 20, 1998 at 05:10:38PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg woke me up to tell me: > >>>>> "Niall" == Niall Smart <njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk> writes: > > Niall> Well why not tell them about cons25 via termcap or > Niall> terminfo? > > That's not always practical. (How do I do that when logging into a > VMS system? Or some large chunk of IBM iron that that provides a > virtual 3270 on dialup by implementing a VT100/VT220 state engine > in the port server?) Or when you don't have that sort of access to the system you're telnetting into. I had that problem with a BSDi system I did some work on; had to run screen just to login and check mail. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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