Subject: My "dumb" terminal can't clear screen

From: [email-masked] (Paul Shedd)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 03:31:32 GMT

Hello,
   When I connect to my ISP and use my shell account to read news both
Tin & Pine give me a message that my terminal type is "dumb" and won't
allow the clear screen command.  I've tried using Terminate 4.0 (DOS),
NetTerm (32 Bit) and Qmodem Pro for Win95.  When I telnet in using
NetTerm with the same settings Pine & Tin work fine.  Pine & Tin also
work fine with all 3 programs using my wife's account with a different
provider.  Any suggestions on how to "smarten up" my programs?
Thanks,
Paul

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From: [email-masked] (Jie Yuan)
Date: 27 May 1996 12:50:00 GMT

>provider.  Any suggestions on how to "smarten up" my programs?

Your emulation programs (Terminate, NetTerm, etc.) should have a VT-100
emulation option.  Use it.  Also, you might add a line in your .profile
or .cshrc to set or prompt for terminal type vt100.  If your emulation
and shell environment are both set at vt100 mode, you should not have
trouble with Pine or other screen controlling programs.

Well, you could also have vt220, if available on both sides.

Just my 2c.

Jie
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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Ulich)
Date: 27 May 1996 10:09:51 GMT

Paul Shedd ([email-masked]) wrote:
:    When I connect to my ISP and use my shell account to read news both
: Tin & Pine give me a message that my terminal type is "dumb" and won't
: allow the clear screen command.  I've tried using Terminate 4.0 (DOS),

This has nothing to do with your communications programs.  You have to tell
your shell which terminal emulation you are using.  Check your comm. program
which terminal it is emulating, e.g. vt52, vt100, vt220, vt320, and then you
can define this on your shell.  The syntax you have to use on the shell
depends on which shell it is.  These two are the most common:

	setenv TERM vt100
	export TERM=vt100

Replace vt100 by the correct one in your case.

Good luck,

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