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Date:      Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:35 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Not setting TERM explicitly wraps commands at 80 columns with nested shells in xterms using sh + bash?
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:
> Hi Garrett,
>
> * Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, 20111021 08:40:
>> =A0 =A0 If I fire up an xterm without setting TERM=3D{ansi,vt100,xterm},
>> [...]
>
> So what's the idea behind this? Why not just set TERM properly?

It is set properly though -- that's the confusing part:

$ echo $TERM
xterm

Thanks,
-Garrett



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