Re: TERM=vt100 for telnet

["Patrick Kirk" <patrick@kirks.net>]

Thanks.  I discovered I was using the NT telnet client from work the wrong
way.  Problem solved now.

Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Mongeon <Mongeon@bankoe.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: TERM=vt100 for telnet


> Patrick:
>
> Telnet is (or contains) a "terminal emulator".  The terminal that your
> telnet is emulating (apparently) is the DEC VT-100.  A terminal is a
> physical piece of hardware that consists of a monitor, a keyboard,
> and a serial port, and not much else.  Since your computer also has
> a monitor, a keyboard, and a serial port, and is furthermore able to
> be re-programmed, you can make it pretend like it is one of these
> terminals.  (Telnet has taken it a step further, using a network port
> instead of a serial port.)
>
> vi does not require that you use a VT-100 terminal emulator, but it
> (and all programs that use full-screen terminal capabilities) require
> that your TERM variable reflect the type of terminal you are actually
> using.
>
> AFAIK, the benefits of choosing one type of terminal over another
> are minimal.  Usually, performance is more a matter of how well the
> software emulates the terminal it is supposed to be.
>
> Setting TERM in .bashrc is fine, as long as you always (or most
> often) use a telnet with VT-100 emulation.  You can always re-set
> TERM from the command line in the rare case where you use a
> different emulator.  Also, the telnet protocol supports the automatic
> negotiation of terminal type.  You might want to find a telnet program
> that performs this negotiation.
>
> Marc
>
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>
>
> >>> "Patrick Kirk" <patrick@kirks.net> 07/11 4:03 PM >>>
> Hi all,
>
> Why does vi simply not work unless I have entered the command TERM=vt100
> when I use telnet?  What is vt100?  Is there anything better?
>
> Would putting TERM=vt100 or whatever is better in my .bashrc be of
benefit?
>
> Patrick
>
>
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