Setting term types in Unix

Dan Elswit (de21@cornell.edu)
Sun, 7 Jul 1996 21:24:54 -0400 (EDT)

I don't actually have an Omnigo yet... still trying to decide if I want to
take the plunge now or wait until the next version comes out! I was all set
to buy and then heard rumors of something new coming out in September...

Anyhow, a couple people were looking for how to set their terminal types in
Unix. It depends on which shell you are running. Two of the more common
shells are csh and bash. To set up for terminal type vt100 for csh you'd type:
setenv TERM vt100 (capitalization is very key here!) For bash you type:
export TERM=vt100. I believe the old sh shell is simply: set TERM vt100,
but I'm not positive. If none of the above seems to work you can actually
run one shell or another by typing its name ("csh" or "bash".) Try typing
the name of one or the other shells and then doing setenv or export.

I don't know what terminal the Omnigo would like to be set at, but you may
be able to use the man pages (help on unix) to find out what terminals are
available. Try "man TERM" and see what you get.

Best,
- --Dan

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Daniel Elswit
Research Support Specialist/Network Administrator
Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University, Ithaca NY