Re: Setting TERM in single user mode

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
>   |    - Add a '/.profile' file with: TERM="$(tset -)"
>
> That won't work, tset is in /usr/bin which you cannot assume will
> exist in single user mode.

Good point. Assume we wrap it in [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]

> Frankly, I don't think that anyone who is unable to set TERM manually
> to the correct value in single user mode should ever be allowed near a
> single user mode console...   This is probably one of those trivial
> little hurdles that is best left in place, it keeps away the incompetent
> (who also don't know how to use ed to make changes, or how to mount -u -w
or
> any of the other stuff that tends to need to be done if you actually need
> to work in single user mode, more than typing "fsck")

I think filesystems being mounted readonly is a much more appropriate
barrier at thiat point. Unset TERM is more at the annoyance level and
doesn't affect so many better ways to hose a system (mv, rm)

>   |   I'd also like to default to setting '-o emacs' to enable
>
> If you were going to set anything, it should be -o vi - to avoid the
> religious arguments, perhaps just leaving it as it is (unset) works
> well enough.

I'm a big vi user, but I have to admit most people find the emacs command
line editing more obvious...