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From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: Color ls
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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.?

?

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