Re: terminal characterestics

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, koorapati, koundinya wrote:

> Hey Cygwin Users,
>     I have a problem when I rlogin to other *NIX hosts from the native xterm
> launched from Cygwin-Xfree86. One I rlogin, it so happens that, trying to
> 'vi' some file, the vi editor just scrolls past the top most lines of the
> file and takes me to a point somewhere in the middle. Evening trying to
> position explicitly to the first line :1, does not work. I suppose this has
> something to do with the X Server configuration ?. I've tried searching
> through the mail archives, but don't see anyone having a problem as close to
> as mine. Any help or pointers will get me moving with my work. I have been
> reluctant to using any other propritery emulation software, till now as I
> really want to use Cygwin
>
> Thanks Koundinya

Is your TERM variable set correctly in the remote shell?
	Igor
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