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 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:40:33 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: problem with cygwin box (termcap?) Message-ID: <20040922224033.GA8096@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <200409221956 DOT i8MJusA06757 AT panix1 DOT panix DOT com> <4151F57C DOT BB4F6EB6 AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4151F57C.BB4F6EB6@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 02:58:20PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >David Arnstein 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? > >You could also just use rxvt instead of of a cmd.exe window, which >should result in $TERM being set to "rxvt" which should be recognised >everywhere. If for whatever reason you must use cmd.exe then follow the >advice already in the thread to add the "cygwin" terminal info to the >database on the remote end. Also, the "ansi" or "vt100" TERM types may work acceptably on the remote system depending on what the application is trying to do. cgf -- 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/