Re: [gentoo-user] aterm into kterm?

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:39:44PM +0200, Penguin Lover Nils Larsson squawked:
> > Now, at work, the machines run some custom version of linux and I am
> > not sure what the terminals are. And I also often use the VT and not
> > use X on my laptop, so I am disinclined to set TERM in .bashrc.
>
>
> Well, bash is bash, it doesn't matter if you work machines use X or
> whatnot. Add:
> export TERM=xterm
> to ~/.bash_profile on your work machine account.

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I think I didn't explain myself
clear. 

There are three machines involved. 

Server A
Desktop B
Laptop C

I ssh into Server A from Desktop B and Laptop C. 
Desktop B is at work. I am not sure what terminal it uses. But it has
no problems with the terminal. 
Laptop C is my personal machine, on which I run aterm usually. But
when I ssh into Server A, echo $TERM shows kterm. (I just tried rxvt
and xterm also on this machine, and $TERM is correctly listed for
both.) 

Setting anything on Desktop B is unlikely to help. 
I don't want to set anything on Server A because I worry that it might
break whatever is working currently from Desktop B. 
I don't think I should set anything on Laptop C in .bash* because I
also use other terms occasionally and the VT. 

If my worries are unfounded, can you tell me why?

W

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