Thanks, I found it in my putty settings Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: [vox-tech] Re: Vim is leaving junk on my command line
> > I believe the TERM environment variable is set by whatever getty you are > using to connect to your system. When you use an xterm, the xterm program > sets TERM before it ever opens the shell. When you use ssh, sshd sets TERM > before it ever opens the shell. (It also sets DISPLAY this way if you are > using X packet forwarding) > > > --- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- > > From: "Jay Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Vim is leaving junk on my command line > > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:39:19 -0600 > > > > Yep, that did it. But now my question is: > > > > Where does the TERM variable get set in the first place? I don't see it > in: > > /etc/profile > > ~/.bash_profile > > ~/.bashrc > > > > But its being set to xterm > > > > Thanks > > Jay > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen M. Helms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Vim is leaving junk on my command line > > > > > > > Jay Strauss wrote: > > > > > > >When you save a file in vi (vim), it normally gives you 2 lines of > output > > > >(above) the command line. 1st line has something to do with the > position > > of > > > >your cursor (or maybe the number of chars changed), the next line says > > > ><filename>: written. > > > > > > > >The "en" of "written" gets printed on my command line > > > > > > > >ps i'm using putty as my ssh client > > > >Jay > > > > > > > Have you tried to make sure you have the correct TERM setting for the > > > system you are connecting too? > > > > > > For example when I am using my work linux laptop with Eterm and connect > > > to a Solaris box I need to set TERM=vt102 before using vi. > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
