[10261] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.4G: /etc/ttys
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ckclark@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 7 18:40:44 1993
From: ckclark@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 93 18:40:40 -0500
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
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System name: major
Type and version: KN01 7.4G (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PMAX-MFB
What were you trying to do?
Line-edit in my shell on a DECstation console.
What's wrong:
$TERM is set to "ansi," which is wrong. This makes
most terminal programs echo weird escape sequences
that the console driver doesn't understand.
What should have happened:
/etc/ttys should be changed so that the console
is, say, "dumb" instead of ansi. I have tested
"dumb" out, and it seems to work fine, because
a lot of programs (including the athena tcsh)
can compensate somewhat for this case. But
in any case, "ansi" is definitely wrong---the
console shouldn't lie about its capabilities.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
ttys(5)
