I'm not sure if this is a Linux problem, or common to telnet in general. I haven't run into it until installing Debian though, so here it is:
Telnet has two modes, linemode, and charactermode. It defaults to linemode if the other side will handle it. This cooks some characters and does some extra signalling. It appears that in this mode, hitting the Return key sends a ^M. That's normally not a problem, but I've found that some programs (mutt, and trn in the article selector) don't recognize this key, preferring ^J instead. I have found two workarounds for this: - Change the bindings on the software to recognize ^M as a synonym for ^J. - Manually escape to a telnet prompt after connecting and do a 'mode char'. In this mode, hitting <return> sends a ^J. I can't put it into the .telnetrc though, since that's read up front, and the linemode is negotiated afterward. I'd like to just tell telnet to use ^J all the time. jason -- "The man who marries a modern woman marries a woman who expects to vote like a man, smoke like a man, have her hair cut like a man, and go without restrictions and without chaperones and obey nobody." BOBBED HAIR - John R. Rice, 1941 http://www.primenet.com/~steiners/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .