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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: 4.2 and sysline
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 10:24:58 EDT
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> I am running ultrix 1.1,  The manual says that it works for terminals like
> the vt100.  Here I am sitting at a vt100.  I say sysline.  I get a "No status
> line capability for vt100"  So, does sysline lie, or does the manual lie, or
> have I missed something simple?

A VT100 does not really have a status line.  However, it can be
faked; the termcap entries that do this are usually "vt100-s"
and "vt100-s-bot".  Try setting $TERM to one of those.