From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 12 19:34:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFD837B502 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:34:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e9D2Yqf27009; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:34:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:34:52 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Terry Lambert Cc: Marius Bendiksen , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More Windows telnet trivia... Message-ID: <20001012193452.G272@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200010130224.TAA03321@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200010130224.TAA03321@usr05.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:24:18AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Terry Lambert [001012 19:24] wrote: > [ ... moved to chat ... ] > > > > Besides: arguing that Windows does telnet out of the box > > > isn't a terribly defensible position, because of the terrible > > > compatability of their "ANSI"/VT100 emulator. I even use > > > TeraTerm for telnet sometimes, just because you can actually run > > > vi and mutt through it. > > > > Actually, "setenv TERM vt220" and resizing your window to lose the > > scrollbars will get you everything you need from standard win95 telnet. > > Windows 2000 telnet handles ansi/vt100 just fine with no trickery, and > > does kerberized telnet, IIRC. > > You can fix this on Windows 95, as well. The trick is to drag > an icon to the desktop, and ensure that the program starts in a > maximized window, by modifying the icon properties. If you use > the icon to start telnet thereafter, the screen will be brought > up without the annoying (and unnecessary for the display area > size) scrollbars. > > I have always used "xterm" as my terminal type for the thing; I > find it performs better than the VT220. terraterm makes a nice free replacement for windows telnet, it's even got a ssh plug-in. sorry, you gotta do the search. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message