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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: remote login, terminal types, Mathematica
Message-ID: <1478@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 10 Apr 91 23:58:15 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.142515.514@arizona.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <1991Apr10.142515.514@arizona.edu>
	zazula@uazhe4.physics.arizona.edu writes:
>            When I log into my NeXT, it does not automatically sense the
>terminal type (vt100) and instead sets it to 'dialup'.  I would like to
>find a way to auto-sense the terminal type.

Well, strictly speaking, you can't, since the "inquire" sequences
for some terminals "crash" others.

+++This is one of those questions that deserves a FAQ entry.

Here's how we dealt with it:  (valid for 1.0/1.0a, 2.0, 2.1)

--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--
# cd /usr/template/user
# mv .login ../.login.orig
# cat - >.login <<EOF
#
# This file gets executed once at login or window startup.
#
switch ($TERM)
case network:
case dialup:
case unknown:
	unsetenv TERMCAP
	set noglob
	@ status=1
	while ($status)
		eval `tset -Q -s -m :\?vt100`
	end
	unset noglob
	set term=$TERM
	breaksw
default:
	set noglob; eval `tset -Q -s`; unset noglob
	set term=$TERM
	stty -tabs
	breaksw
endsw
stty decctlq intr "^C" erase "^?" kill "^U"
cd
EOF
# chmod 644 .login
# chown 0.0 .login
--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--CUT-HERE--8<--

BTW, the stty -tabs is almost certainly wrong (feel free to
improve on this)!

					-=EPS=-