Re: [TCLUG:14895] TERM problems

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

IMO, you should set your TERM environment variable to vt100 in most cases
such as this.  The rxvt, xterm, and linux terminal types are not portable.  
Sun's sun-cmd is not, either, and can cause a lot of misaligned text in, 
for example, vi.

-Chris McKinley

On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Ben Luey wrote:

> I just upgraded from mandrake 6.0 to 7.0 an now when I run, say jed, por
> pine or other text programs, I get:
> 
> [lueyb@localhost doc]$ jed UPGRADE 
> Unknown terminal: rxvt
> Check the TERM environment variable.
> Also make sure that the terminal is defined in the terminfo database.
> Alternatively, set the TERMCAP environment variable to the desired
> termcap entry.
> [lueyb@localhost doc]$ echo $TERM
> rxvt
> 
> I get this in X  ($TERm=rxvt) and when not in X ($TERM=linux)
> 
> I never had this problem before. less and more give me warnings about my
> term settings. If I force TERM to equal xterm or something, it usually
> works, but sometimes with problems. How can I fix this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
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