On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say > > how to obtain it. > > i'd put in my .bashrc the line: > > TERM="vt102" && export TERM
That's unwise. It'll screw you up *hard* any time you're not using the terminal you normally use -- e.g. on ssh logins, or if you want to test another terminal, or if you use tmux or screen, etc. > > IIRC the VT100 series were *physically* a B&W display. > > no, phosphors were white, green and amber. He probably meant monochrome.
