> Well, that is easy to fix.  Change it to:
> 
> if [ $TERM = "dumb" ] ; then export TERM=xterm ; fi

_THAT_ did it!! Hurray!

> One thing to keep in mind - if Powerterm is setting TERM to
> dumb, then  it probably does not support some of the terminal
> functions of xterm. So  some programs may not work correctly.
> There really is a terminal  definition called "dumb", with its
> own description of terminal capabilities.

At this point I only really care about less, clear, and
MicroEMACS, and they all seem to work fine so far, so I'm
happy as a proverbial pig.

Thanks much!

Miark

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