Re: more dumb questions from a dumb beginner

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From: Anthony Datri
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:26

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>telnetting does not "carry across" the connection the terminal type of
>the local tty.

I believe that it's an option.  Some telnets will, some won't.


>environment variable is "dialup," "network," or similar and that
>	$ stty -a
>reports rows = 0 and columns = 0.  more, vi, and emacs depend on these 

>Set "TERM=xterm" and "stty rows xx columns yy" after telnetting to machine B.

Leave the stty values at 0.  termcap and SIGWINCH should do the rest.

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