From: leif AT islenet DOT org (Leif Jackson)
Subject: Re: stupid 'set' question
26 Nov 1998 04:11:35 -0800
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To: Ken Laberteaux <klaberte AT trc DOT tellabs DOT com>
Cc: Cygwin <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>


try 

export TERM=linux

Have a nice day,
Leif


On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ken Laberteaux wrote:

>Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 19:30:48 -0500
>From: Ken Laberteaux <klaberte AT trc DOT tellabs DOT com>
>To: Cygwin <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
>Subject: stupid 'set' question
>
>I have been told that if I set the TERM environment variable to linux,
>less will work within octave and bash.  So I type from the bash shell
>
>set TERM linux
>
>or alternatively
>
>set TERM=linux
>
>Typing set after that reveals that TERM=dumb
>
>(which is how I feel)
>
>Help!!
>
>Ken
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