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dialups ask for DISPLAY information

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jsc@slayer.mit.edu)
Sun Mar 20 18:37:59 1994

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 18:37:54 -0500
From: jsc@slayer.mit.edu
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: jsc@MIT.EDU


When you telnet to a dialup, it asks what dialup you're on.  Since the
DISPLAY environment variable is only useful on athena-x, and certain
programs (such as emacs) won't run properly from a regular dialup if the
DISPLAY is set, this might be considered a bug.

-Jin

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