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From: rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: TERM Variable at 10.3
Summary: 10.3 no longer initializes TERM
Message-ID: <257@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 17:55:04 GMT
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group - Seattle
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If you are making use of the environmental variable TERM, beware.

At 10.3 this variable is always "apollo".  It is no longer set
to a function of the screen type (e.g. apollo_1280_bw).

If you use TERM, I suggest initializing it yourself in the
system startup scripts or RC files.

This bothers me.  Sure there are preferred ways to find out what
type of screen you are using; but like it or not there are many
scripts and programs that look at this variable.  This is another
case of HPs continued lack of compatibility between OS releases.

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