From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Default TERM to cygwin? 18 Mar 1998 06:24:43 -0800 Message-ID: Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com I'd like to propose that we change the default TERM environment variable to 'cygwin', add an entry for 'cygwin' to /etc/termcap, and create a terminfo entry for 'cygwin'. Then, if the environment variable TERM is not set, set it to 'cygwin' by default. We could keep the definition as 'linux', but I think this is a little unclear and also might strap us for future console changes. For instance, I've added the ability to set the console title bar using xterm escape sequences. Although, I don't think that there is any provision for defining this using termcap or terminfo, other changes in the future might require a new entry for cygwin. The best thing about this change is that it may the amount of cygwin related email that I get by 20% or so. Is it a worthwhile thing to do? -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."