using vi when connecting with telnet

[Guest_imported]

When I try to use telnet to connect to another machine, I have trouble with the vi editor where lines of data overlay what is on the screen.

 

[siswjh]

You need to change your TERM setting. I don't know what it is set but yoy can find out bt echo $TERM or the env command. Term should probably be set to vt100 or ascii.

 

[crowe]

after getting the TERM value set and exported, also try

stty -tabs -parity

crowe

 

[tdatgod]

Hi,
you should also make sure your rows and columns are set correctly

stty -a

will give you a list of all the settings and there should be one for rows and columns. if not you should set them


stty rows 24 columns 80

you might also want to make sure your environment variable

LINES

is set to a good value.

sh/ksh
LINES=24 ; export LINES

csh
setenv LINES 24

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[siswjh]

I made a mistake, it's not acsii it's ansi. Sorry about that.