Alexander Hansen writes: > I saw a message on the lists earlier to set TERM=vt220 to do > emacs21 sans X on 10.2. I can't verify this because I'm still > running 10.1 .
Nope, that doesn't work. I just tried it. > On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 15:08, Viktor Haag wrote: > > > > > > I have two questions, they're related, and they both have to do > > with using the Emacs21 package in 10.2. > > > > I was able to build Emacs21 from unstable under 10.2 and it works > > fine in X, however, it no longer works from Apple's terminal > > window in a non-X way. > > > > (a) If I use 'emacs-nw' in a terminal shell with myself as the > > current user, I get this error message > > > > > emacs: Terminal type "vt100" is not powerful enough to run Emacs. > > > It lacks the ability to position the cursor. > > > If that is not the actual type of terminal you have, use the > > > Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell: `setenv > > > TERM ...') to specify the correct type. It may be necessary > > > to do `unset TERMCAP' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMCAP') as well. > > > > It looks like the new terminal is advertising itself as a plain > > jane vt100 (TERM is exported as 'vt100'). I *don't* have 'strict > > vt-100 keypad' selected in the emulation dialog. > > > > I don't set TERM myself, so it must be set in some global config > > file somewhere. > > > > What TERM setting do I need to have to use 'emacs -nw'? > > > > > > (b) If I use 'emacs -nw' in a terminal after doing 'su -', then I > > get this error message: > > > > > emacs: Cannot open termcap database file > > > > As root? That seems very odd. > > > > > > > > Can anyone point me to a way to work around these problems? > > > > > > > > > > Viktor > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > Levitated Dipole Experiment > MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 > 57 -- Viktor Haag : Software & Information Design : Research In Motion +--+ "[This] agonizingly creaky movie ... laboriously plods through a plot so contrived that the only real thing about it is its length." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
