I see! Indeed, I did not realize from reading the manpage (as I focused just on the main -C paragraph) that I need the -r and -T switches too. (Well, if I noticed -r, I would have figured -T out, probably.)
Judging by the wrong usage in Term::Cap, I'm probably not alone so a brief clarification might indeed be a good idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org