[7514] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.2R: termcap entry incorrect on dialup session
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Craig)
Sat May 4 15:14:24 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 04 May 91 15:14:12 EDT
From: Chris Craig <crcraig@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: special-agent-cooper
Type and version: KN01 7.2R (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PM-MONO
What were you trying to do?
Use any program that uses termcap (more, rn, emacs).
What's wrong:
Termcap is set wrong when using the default TERM (vt100).
As an example, this is what happens when I try to run emacs:
[/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/c/crcraig] (crcraig@special-agent-cooper: 3:04pm)
% emacs
emacs: Terminal type "vt100" is not powerful enough to run Emacs.
It lacks the ability to position the cursor.
If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,
use the C-shell command `setenv TERM ...' to specify the correct type.
It may be necessary to do `unsetenv TERMCAP' as well.
Running the alias 'term' fixes the problem.
What should have happened:
It should work correctly, since vt100 is more than powerful
enough to position the cursor. It should work like the Vax
and RT.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
termcap(5) ?
