On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 12:29  AM, Ben Reser wrote:

>>   I'm not quite sure I like this idea...on one hand, in the rare
>>   servers I tend to ssh into that I don't have 9.x installed on I just
>>   export TERM=xterm and everything works. And I don't have any more
>>   non-linux boxes, so I don't have the problem you have...and I think
>>   that the people that wouldn't know to read the manpage and create a
>>   user.cfg to set term_name xterm would be the same people that
>>   wouldn't be ssh'ing into any boxes, if you that makes sense.
>>
>>   So...I think I'd have to say that...better leave it as it is.
>
> I also forgot to mention sometimes when I'm using the TERM=Eterm vim
> freaks out on me and when I hit the escape key.  I have to hit the
> escape key several times or just flat out kill vim. *sigh*

I don't know... I think having it default to xterm might be a good 
idea...  despite the fact that there is now an Eterm entry in termcap 
and the Eterm terminfo files are installed, we may still have some 
compatibility issues, like this one.

This is, of course, just for defaults.  I, personally, copy the 
standard mutt themes into my homedir and modify to suite my personal 
tastes, and I suspect most power users who feel they may benefit from 
TERM=Eterm (actually, what *are* the benefits, if any?) would do the 
same.

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