[18259] in Athena Bugs
linux 8.4.11: termcap, as used by tcsh, /usr/bin/less, vi, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Stone)
Tue Sep 12 16:30:27 2000
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:30:22 EDT
From: Larry Stone <lcs@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: <lcs@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Message-Id: <CMM.0.90.4.968790622.lcs@defiant.mit.edu>
System name: frank-n-furter.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 8.4.11 (with mkserv)
Display type: XFree86 3.3.6 Mach64
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: twm
What were you trying to do?
Use fullscreen programs in a telnet to the Athena Linux box
_from_ an Athena (8.3) solaris xterm window.
What's wrong:
Various flaky behavior of screen updating, e.g. "/usr/bin/less"
shows the second screenful in reverse-video (same as the one in
sipb locker) , not turning it off after the tag under the first
one; /bin/athena/tcsh command-line editing and /bin/vi do not
echo edits correctly and need constant refreshing, etc. This is
with TERM=xterm, changing it to TERM=xterm-r6 is less flaky but
still not right. Something is probably wrong with the "xterm"
termcap, which seems to be tailored for other Red Hat systems.
What should have happened:
Fullscreen programs should display consistently! It's not
that hard, we even managed it in the 80's..
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
termcap(5)
