Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 22:17:58 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Bill Sandiford <bill@duey.interlinks.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with ee on FreeBSD-2.2.5 Message-ID: <3496FE16.F95E4A57@tdx.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971216161007.20756A-100000@duey.interlinks.net>
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Hi Bill, 'ee' giving weird responses is probably down to the terminal your using - what emulation does the terminal do? (for example, the ones that come with Windows '95 & NT4 are just about 'VT100' and 'VT52' compatible)... It could be the system doesn't know about the terminal your using - try one of the following after you have logged in: setenv TERM vt100 (for tcsh & similar shells) -or- set TERM=vt100;export TERM (for csh or 'classic' shells - replace 'VT100' with what you think your using, e.g. VT52, VT220 etc.) If you want to change the editor that chpass, chsh etc. use - when you've logged in edit your '.cshrc' file - the settings are in their (just change the /usr/bin/ee to /usr/bin/vi) Regards, Karl Bill Sandiford wrote: > > When I telnet to my FreeBSD box and try to do anything that uses ee as a > default editor weird things happen. The ee screen comes up. When I try > to hit the arrow keys, weird menus pop up and stuff. However when I run > it from the console no problems occur. Question is, what is causing this, > is it a terminal problem? Also is there anyway to replace ee as the > default editor for commands like edquota and chpass. > > Bill Sandiford
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