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From: aperez@cvbnet.UUCP (Arturo Perez x6739)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Remote xterm strategy
Message-ID: <373@cvbnet.Prime.COM>
Date: 17 Jan 90 20:20:04 GMT
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From article <32711@news.Think.COM>, by barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin):
> 
> Most of the people here use the "xterm -e rlogin host" method for remote
> xterms, while I use the "rsh host xterm" method.  My favorite complaint
> about the former is the fact that the use of rlogin isn't transparent --
> you have to be careful when typing "~", particularly when using rlogin from
> within that window (if you type "~." instead of "~~." you kill the whole
> xterm).

I use 

	rsh host xterm

because then when I resize the xterm (which I do fairly often), the 
row and columns information is transmitted correctly.

If I use

	xterm -r rsh host

I have to manually do 

	stty rows xx columns yy

in order to get more, vi, et al to work correctly.

Arturo Perez
ComputerVision, a division of Prime
aperez@cvbnet.prime.com
Too much information, like a bullet through my brain -- The Police