Subject: Re: A bit OT: vi in telnet session
From: Vikas <[email-masked]>
To: Andreas Zielke <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:07:16 +0530

Andreas Zielke wrote:
> When I telnet to a machine (running SunOS 5.7), using the telnet-
> program that comes with 1.1.4 Cygwin an start vi I get this error-
> message:
> 
> bash-2.03$ vi
> cygwin: Unknown terminal type
> Visual needs addressable cursor or upline capability
> :

execute "bash$ set TERM=vt100" and done!
You can even set TERM to "linux" or "vt103".
check whether your telnet client supports it.
vi won't execute untill it knows the terminal type.
One way is the environment variable and the other way is through
command line like "bash$ vi -t vt100".

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