Hi. On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:49:36PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say > > > how to obtain it. > > > > i'd put in my .bashrc the line: > > > > TERM="vt102" && export TERM > > That's unwise. It'll screw you up *hard* any time you're not using > the terminal you normally use -- e.g. on ssh logins, or if you want to > test another terminal, or if you use tmux or screen, etc.
In my experience, one will be screwed much more by using TERM=screen or TERM=tmux in conjunction with ssh. Simply because the ssh target does not necessary have an appropriate termcap for screen or tmux (say, Solaris 10 which I have to deal on a weekly basis, and yes, I know I can copy termcap entries there). And if you think that Linux is somehow better here - try TERM=screen-256color in conjunction with RHEL5 :) On the other hand, vt102 and xterm - even HP-UX knows about them. Reco
