Re: xterm-debian?

1999-02-25 Thread Alexander N. Benner
Hi Ship's Log, Lt. Branden Robinson, Stardate 180299.0053: > > Users of slink and potato systems will need to see > > /usr/doc/xterm/README.Debian That's were I found it ... :-) ok .. why not add a link called xterm-color for compatibility? I added it on my machine: /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm

Re: xterm-debian?

1999-02-18 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 01:52:34AM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: > > > you may have a look at README.Debian in /usr/doc/xbase. > > > > Cheers, Thomas > > $ grep xterm-debian README.Debian > $ > > I think it is there to torment those of us that spend

Re: xterm-debian?

1999-02-17 Thread Thomas Gebhardt
Hi, > Does anyone know why the default TERM for xterm under Hamm is > xterm-debian? No other remote system has this term type defined and > when I ssh from an xterm to such a remote system, I always get errors. > > (I'm aware of solutions like if TERM == xterm-debian then TERM = xterm) > you m

Re: xterm-debian info

1999-01-04 Thread Brandon Mitchell
The reasoning is at the bottom of http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruite

Re: xterm-debian

1998-12-23 Thread Rafael Kitover
On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 06:45:42PM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > On the other hand, I have > export TERM=xterm > > and still end up with xterm-debian when i telnet & ssh to digital unix. > > rick See http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html for workarounds/solutions/rationale etc.

Re: xterm-debian

1998-12-15 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 12:22:00PM -0500, Paul Miller wrote: > What's the deal with the terminal setting "xterm-debian?" Why can't it just > be "xterm," like with every other unix system? It would may so things a > little easier if it was "xterm" since most programs (to my knowledge) have > never

Re: xterm-debian

1998-12-10 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 12:22:00 -0500, Paul Miller wrote: > What's the deal with the terminal setting "xterm-debian?" Read /usr/doc/xterm/README.Debian in frozen's "xterm" package. Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore str

Re: xterm-debian

1998-11-13 Thread servis
*- James Dietrich wrote about "Re: xterm-debian" > On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 12:10:31AM +, M.C. Vernon wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Where is that page that explaines why we use xterm-debian instead >> of xterm? Searching for xterm-debian on the debian s

Re: xterm-debian

1998-11-13 Thread James Dietrich
On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 12:10:31AM +, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > Where is that page that explaines why we use xterm-debian instead > of xterm? Searching for xterm-debian on the debian site only produces the > FAQumatic. I have seen this somewhere before (Branden's pages?), and ne

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread Jack Kern
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 03:21:19PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jack Kern wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:00:47PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > > > > > *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > | > > > > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop.

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread Michael Stutz
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Michael Stutz wrote: > > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > > I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. * The default keymappings for xterm are different than they are upstream, to

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:00:47PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | > > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > > | > > | ? > > | > > | I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. > > > > On my slink sys

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jack Kern wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:00:47PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > > > *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > | > > > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > > > | > > > | ? > > > | > > > | I've just read it, and it doesn't

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread Jack Kern
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:00:47PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | > > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > > | > > | ? > > | > > | I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. > > > > On my slink sys

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread M.C. Vernon
> *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > | > | ? > | > | I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. > > On my slink system: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> grep xterm-debian /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian | w

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. | | ? | | I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. On my slink system: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> grep xterm-debian /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian | wc -l 8 (meaning:

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-28 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Michael Stutz wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Shao Ying Zhang wrote: > > > But, is this the formal way or proper way to do it?? > > > > What is xterm-debian?? Any additional features?? > > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. ? I've just rea

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Stutz
On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Shao Ying Zhang wrote: > But, is this the formal way or proper way to do it?? > > What is xterm-debian?? Any additional features?? Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. I put this line in my .bash_profile: alias p="export TERM=xterm; pin

Re: xterm-debian

1998-08-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Aug 16, 1998 at 05:16:33PM +0300, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: > I solved the same problem I had with TERM=rxvt by copying the rxvt > entry from Linux to /usr/share/lib/terminfo/r directory in Solaris. > Another way to do this is to use TERMINFO variable and set it to e.g. > $HOME/.terminfo a

Re: xterm-debian

1998-08-16 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, Read /usr/doc/X11/README.Debian on your systems. That file has explanations and solutions for your problems with xterm-debian. -Ossama

Re: xterm-debian

1998-08-16 Thread Raja R Harinath
Havoc Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just upgraded to 2.0, I was running an old pre-2.0. Now when I ssh to a > remote server I get complaints about the lack of a terminfo entry for > xterm-debian. > > Isn't there a way to add a terminfo entry in my remote home directory? > How? Or is t

Re: xterm-debian

1998-08-16 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Hi, I solved the same problem I had with TERM=rxvt by copying the rxvt entry from Linux to /usr/share/lib/terminfo/r directory in Solaris. Another way to do this is to use TERMINFO variable and set it to e.g. $HOME/.terminfo and put your xterm-debian entry in that directory. However, I have no

Re: xterm-debian exported as terminal type

1998-07-09 Thread joost
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it seems to have been shortly > after the freeze. Since the latest XFree86 packages to be more precise. > When I telnet to another machine with an xterm (e.g., "xterm -e telnet > abc.def > &"),

Re: xterm-debian?

1998-06-25 Thread jdassen
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 04:05:57PM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: > What's the difference between a standard xterm and a xterm-debian > terminfo/termcap entry? > It's easy enough to do a "set term=xterm" but I really don't want to keep > doing that. Why did Debian create their own terminfo/cap entry