Re: Not setting TERM explicitly wraps commands at 80 columns with nested shells in xterms using sh + bash?

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:35 -0700
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl> wrote:
> Hi Garrett,
>
> * Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>, 20111021 08:40:
>>     If I fire up an xterm without setting TERM={ansi,vt100,xterm},
>> [...]
>
> So what's the idea behind this? Why not just set TERM properly?

It is set properly though -- that's the confusing part:

$ echo $TERM
xterm

Thanks,
-Garrett
Received on Fri Oct 21 2011 - 05:00:36 UTC

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