Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20000821124302.5755.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 05:43:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: A bit OT: vi in telnet session To: Andreas Zielke , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Andreas Zielke wrote: > Hi *, > > I guess this posting is a bit off-topic, but I don't know any news- > group that would be more appropriate. (If you do, please tell me.) > > 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 > : > > Is there a simple solution (like setting TERM to something else) > to this? > Why didn't you try your suggestion? After telnetting, export TERM=. You could try xterm, ansi, linux, vt100, vt200, etc. Cheers, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: Mingw Home: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com