On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 03:33:32PM -0600, Vincent Danen wrote:
> 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.

Yup

> 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.

I do the same thing.  And I have no idea what the advantages are.  I've
tried it both ways and can't see any discernable difference...  Except
the bizare escape issue and dealing with machines without the
termcap/terminfo.

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