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From: ad@cat.UUCP (Axel Dunkel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to set TERM for Televideo?
Message-ID: <19279@cat.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 90 10:58:14 GMT
Organization: C.A.T. Kommunikations-System, W.Germany
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> Hello, can someone shed a little light on how to set up a terminal?
> I'm trying to use an old Televideo connected to tty0 on a serial port.
> After I logged on and set TERM=tvi950, the system still cannot run any
> screen-oriented programs such as vi. When I try to edit a file with vi
> it will respond with  [Using open mode]. Most other commands run fine.
>
> I can see the termcap entry for the Televideo in /etc/termcap. Is there
> something else that I need to do to make it understand the new TERM entry?

Did you use the command 'tput init' after setting TERM=tvi950? And did
you export the TERM variable?

Hope this may help...

Axel Dunkel (ad@cat.UUCP, ...!unido!cat!ad)