Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040922160311.03ebb150@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:05:45 -0400 To: arnstein AT pobox DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: problem with cygwin box (termcap?) In-Reply-To: <200409221956.i8MJusA06757@panix1.panix.com> References: <200409221956 DOT i8MJusA06757 AT panix1 DOT panix DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 03:56 PM 9/22/2004, you wrote: >I launch a cygwin "box" (command window) on my Windows 2000 machine. >I run ssh to connect to a shell account running a variant of BSD Unix. > >Whenever I use the program "less" on that shell account, it complains > "WARNING: terminal is not fully functional." >Another user has stated that tin (the news reader) complains > "tin: Terminal must have clear to end-of-screen (cd) >I suspect that these issues are related. Can the termcap entry for >cygwin be improved? Or is this truly a limitation of the cygwin box? What terminal are you using? 'cygwin'? That's the default. It's unlikely that your BSD box knows it if you haven't told it about it. Do so or try a related terminal type. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/