RE: [TCLUG:8127] Which terminal emulation?

[Unni Nambiar <unambiar@Legato.COM>]

> >My understanding is that on local terminals, linux uses a different
> >emulation known only as 'linux'.  Is there something I need to be
> >configuring differently either on my linux box or in my terminal
> >emulator/telnet client?
>         near as I can tell it's ANSI. that's what the doco 
> seems to say.
> honest-to-God ANSI; not SCOANSI or anything. (in spite of our 
> accounting
> app, which wants SCOANSI).
>         I'm sure there's a way to configure your termcap to 
> use just about
> anything you like; tho. if you know how. (I sure don't).
> 

One trick i found useful in the past is to launch an xterm (assuming you
have X on the machine you're logging in from) from the telnet session and
then use TERM=xterm in the xterm window.  Worked almost every time.
Basically i was too lazy (and partially ignorant) to go  messing with
termcaps.  (Of course if you don't have 'xterm' in your termcap already,
this idea is toast.)

Worth a try.

-Unni