Subject: Re: dt question
To: Michael Peters <sailor@oro.net>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/29/1997 21:16:59
> Sometimes dt will open a terminal that will be only about 1/3 screen
> tall... that is I only get about 15 lines of text and it scrolls, leaving
> 2/3 of the screen blank. Is there any way to reset this? I have tried
> the reset command, but that doesn't seem to do anything. I've stty
> settings and everything I can think of. The only thing that seems to work
> occasionally is using pine at my ISP. This about 1 in 2 times will correct
> the problem. Methinks it's a curses problem but I don't know 'bout this.
I think this is a terminal emulation problem. I believe that dt uses
vt220 emulation (I'm not sure, tho, haven't used it in a while ;-)
So, you should just be able to do a:
setenv TERM vt220 (for csh)
or
set TERM=vt220;export TERM (for sh)
before you start dt, and this should fix the problem I think ;-)
I hope this helps
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX