vi settings

[teser]

My vi overwrites lines when I edit data using telnet.

I have VT-100/ansi as a setting.

Please advise how I can get my lines to look normal when I edit in vi.

 

[bjverzal]

Hit <ESC> key, then Ctrl-l. The Ctrl-l will refresh the screen. The &quot;l&quot; is a lower-case &quot;L&quot;.

The true fix would be to get the emulation set correctly. What emulation program are you using ?

Bill.

 

[teser]

Using telnet from my Windows NT workstation connecting onto a Solaris 7 server.

Dont know what emulation it is.

 

[KenCunningham]

What's the output of echo $TERM? vt220 seems favourite in our set-up:

export TERM=vt220

Cheers.

 

[teser]

Tried this and it still has the running lines in vi editor

export TERM=vt220

There must be a way to adjust and make vi work correctly.
The [/tt]<control> <l> [/tt] works but that is a temporary fix.

 

[bjverzal]

Windows telnet supports vt100 only. Try using Hyperterminal. It supports TCP/IP connections, and has much better emulation.

Bill.

 

[teser]

any idea how to get hyperterminal to connect? It keeps asking for my modem number and I am using an ethernet connection to my server IP address.

 

[bjverzal]

You need to change it to TCP/IP (Winsock). This is in the &quot;Connect Using&quot; of the connection properties.

Bill.

E-mail me at WVerzal@komint.com and I can send you screen shots, or point your browser to my web site where I have uploaded the screen shots...

http://home.earthlink.net/~bjverzal/Before.gif

http://home.earthlink.net/~bjverzal/after.gif

Regards, Bill.

 

[gheist]

A) Use PuTTY instead of telnet

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

B) Use a small script to setup your term

eval `/usr/bin/tset -Qs \?$TERM`

it starts asking from negotiated term type and allows you to change it if you feel default incorect

note that ` in script looks like \ not /

 

[Yegolev]

I use PuTTY and $TERM=xterm. PuTTY does X emulation but not graphical. If you want to run a X gui you will want a commercial product, such as Exceed Hummingbird (or is it Hummingbird Exceed?)