Re: "termcap" doesn't work

2008-05-28 Thread Trent W. Buck
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:15:10PM +0800, cch wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:52:40PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote: >> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 05:19:54PM +0800, cch wrote: >>> I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. when I invoke screen the >>> $TERM is changed to "screen", which make my "apt

Re: [chencan...@fudan.edu.cn: "termcap" doesn't work]

2008-05-28 Thread cch
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 05:17:23PM -0700, Micah Cowan wrote: > lestat V wrote: > > I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. > > when I invoke screen the $TERM is changed to "screen", > > which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" etc. draw a very > > dirty screen. > > It would be inappropriate for scre

Re: "termcap" doesn't work

2008-05-28 Thread cch
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:52:40PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 05:19:54PM +0800, cch wrote: > > I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. when I invoke screen the > > $TERM is changed to "screen", which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" > > etc. draw a very dirty screen. [ra

Re: [chencan...@fudan.edu.cn: "termcap" doesn't work]

2008-05-28 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 lestat V wrote: > I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. > when I invoke screen the $TERM is changed to "screen", > which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" etc. draw a very > dirty screen. It would be inappropriate for screen to fail to change TERM in

Re: "termcap" doesn't work

2008-05-27 Thread Trent W. Buck
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 05:19:54PM +0800, cch wrote: > I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. when I invoke screen the > $TERM is changed to "screen", which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" > etc. draw a very dirty screen. [randomly guessing at cause] As I said in IRC, unless you can explain wha

[chencan...@fudan.edu.cn: "termcap" doesn't work]

2008-05-27 Thread lestat V
--- Begin Message --- hi all, I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. when I invoke screen the $TERM is changed to "screen", which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" etc. draw a very dirty screen. I suppose it is because of a wrong $TERM. When I try to change $TERMCAP by using "termcap ..." in ".scre

"termcap" doesn't work

2008-05-27 Thread cch
hi all, I use gnome-terminal whose $TERM is xterm. when I invoke screen the $TERM is changed to "screen", which make my "aptitude" and "mutt" etc. draw a very dirty screen. I suppose it is because of a wrong $TERM. When I try to change $TERMCAP by using "termcap ..." in ".screenrc", I find that tha