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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Prompt, etc.
Message-ID: <7293@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 19 Feb 88 11:43:53 GMT
References: <392@lscvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <392@lscvax.UUCP> ram@lscvax.UUCP (Ric Messier) writes:
>why I can't get my sysline to work. I am on a VT100 but I can't seem to
>get a sysline.

The termcap (or terminfo) decsription that matches your TERM environment
variable value (i.e. terminal-type name) must have entries for "status
line" features in order for sysline to work.  The normal "vt100" entry
doesn't have these; however, they can be provided by using the scrolling
region feature of the VT100.  There are often entries for "vt100-s" and
"vt100-s-bot" that support sysline; try setting your TERM environment
variable to one of these.