Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:10:48 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Color ls Message-ID: <20000718181048.A99509@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <200007190109.SAA20514@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 06:09:58PM -0700 References: <20000718174218.A98458@wopr.caltech.edu> <200007190109.SAA20514@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 06:09:58PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > So, is the answer to use ~/.ssh/environment to set TERMCAP to > > the xterm-color entry? Should we put something in the Handbook > > describing this process? > > No. The correct answer is to fix your xterm to identify itself as > xterm-color, and then when you are forced to use a broken system use > whatever mechanism is most appropriate to select an alternative terminal > type (.ssh/environment would be useful here, for example). (I think you're agreeing with what I wrote, actually, although I omitted the "use TERM=xterm-color" on FreeBSD step.) So, should we: - Change the XFree86 ports so that app-defaults/XTerm sets the terminal type to xterm-color, and - Put something in the Handbook about "what do I do when I log in to my Sun and it complains about xterm-color", describing .ssh/environment etc.? ? -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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