>>>>> "Andrew" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> On Fri, 19 May 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tom> What's the best the best way to avoid having ot reset my terminal tom> variable everytime I telnet to a site that does not know what tom> xterm-debian is? Since this happens quite often it is getting a tom> little tedious. Andrew> In the remote .bashrc, put Andrew> TERM=xterm The right way: In the remote .bashrc or .profile or whatever, do export TERMINFO=$HOME/terminfo:$TERMINFO On remote system, create a subdirectory ~/terminfo/x/ Copy local /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-debian to remote ~/terminfo/x/xterm-debian (Modification for termcap based remote systems left as exercise for the user) -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. In his own soul a man bears the source from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. Sophocles.