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Environment configuration details
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- Subject: Environment configuration details
- From: "\"Zow\" Terry Brugger" <zow at mdbs dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:59:04 -0000
- Organization: Micro Data Base Systems, Inc.
- Reply-To: "zow at mdbs dot com" <zow at mdbs dot com>
Here are a couple of things that should probably be put in the FAQ. . .
I'm using B18 w/ Coolview (which may affect things in such a way that they
shouldn't be put in the FAQ):
It has been recommended as the solution to many problems that TERM=linux .
I tried that and suddenly, non GNU-Win32 console apps (like MicroEmacs and
a standalone version of less), stopped working. I debugged MicroEmacs and
found that its term variable was getting set to 0 columns. Now if
TERM=linux at the NT command prompt, it doesn't care, so apparently bash is
doing this. less just flies though the text like it was cat , which could
be explained by it getting 0 for the number of columns as well. Hence my
question: Why is it recommended that TERM be set to "linux"?
Many posters when describing their problem say that text=binary, like it's
a common mistake or setting it =! binary causes a lot of problems. I have
mine set =! binary and it seems to be just fine. Normally I wouldn't look a
gift horse in the mouth, but I want to understand how it works, so again,
why is this recommended?
Thanks all!
Terry
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