Re: [gentoo-user] SSH and terminal emulation

[John Jolet]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Tom Smith wrote:

> John Jolet wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Tom Smith wrote:
>>
>>> John Jolet wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 23, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Tom Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John Jolet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> what is the output of "echo $TERM"?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> pcadobe ~ # echo $TERM
>>>>> linux
>>>>> pcadobe ~ #
>>>>>
>>>> try "export TERM=vt220" and see if that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> This did work for "pstree" but seriously broke functionality in
>>> Vim, an
>>> app that is heavily used via SSH.
>>>
>>> I did notice something interesting, though. If I set (in Kermit)
>>>
>>> Terminal Type: vt220
>>> Terminal Remote-Charset: cp437
>>>
>> the next thing I would try is export the TERM value at the gentoo
>> command-line and the TERM value at the other end both vt220.
>>
>> Okay, now for another question, that may or may not be relevant.  why
>> is kermit involved?  if you are sshing into another box, why use
>> kermit?
>
> Sorry, I probably should've clarified this from the beginning...
>
> I'm using Kermit 95 on Windows XP Pro to connect to my Linux server.
> (Kermit 95 is a commercial, Windows-only product; while ckermit is the
> *nix version and freely available.) That said...
>
> I believe I've done the equivalent of what you're asking. I ran the
> "export TERM=vt220" within the SSH session (on the server) and then
> changed Kermit 95 to match that terminal type. (This should have the
> same effect as what you suggested, right?)
>
if this were a unix-unix connection, yes.  have you tried PutTTY?   
free windows ssh client.  VERY nice.  (not trying to bash kermit 95,  
but haven't used it since...well 95)
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