Quoting Björn Elwhagen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I've been annoyed for a long time now with the fact that Debian uses > xterm-debian as the TERM-variable. It can't surve any purpose for all i > know, if the purpose isn't to be as incompatible with other *IX > standards. Why not only use xterm-color instead? > > [snip] > > I don't know why they have started using this standard - but i sure > think it sucks. If anyone could give me a correct answer to WHY i would > be very grateful. Perhaps point me to some old discussion about it.
Apart from the technical reference given by someone else, I must just point out that no amount of guided fiddling would get my xterm to display a telnet session to SunOS5 correctly. With xterm-debian, I just copied /etc/terminfo to .terminfo in my SunOS5 home directory and everything works perfectly. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
