From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 20 16:39:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26275 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 16:39:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26266 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 16:39:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@shell.futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA13532; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:39:16 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980620183916.31923@futuresouth.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:39:16 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: Niall Smart , Bill/Carolyn Pechter , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death References: <199806202310.RAA21105@ve7tcp.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199806202310.RAA21105@ve7tcp.ampr.org>; from Lyndon Nerenberg on Sat, Jun 20, 1998 at 05:10:38PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 20, 1998 at 05:10:38PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg woke me up to tell me: > >>>>> "Niall" == Niall Smart 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