On Sun, 23 Jun 1996 09:17:55 -0400 Brian Duncombe said:
>At 01:01 PM 6/22/96 EDT, Jeff Kell wrote:
>
>>The /etc/profile script *unconditionally* sets you to an hp2392a regardless
>>of what you really are and/or any existing TERM environment variable.  No
>>problem for a 700/92; they have trouble with basic 2392a functionality let
>>alone the added 700/92 features.  Sun Solaris has better hp terminal support
>>than the Posix shell.
>>
>>(Yes, I am rather annoyed at this easily-fixed but long-ignored problem)
>
>When I asked the response center a year or so ago (for a 9k as it happened),
>I was told by someone in Chelsford that I should really use a DEC terminal.
>At the time, I pointed out that HP was a popular terminal vendor and that he
>should look at what it says on his paycheck sometime.
 
Quite true.  vt100 emulation is *much* more robust in posix (I believe the
only "officially supported" types are "hp2392a" and "ansi" though).
 
Still, *unconditionally* exporting TERM=hp2392a and TZ=GMT0 is pretty weird,
especially since in the script they could "assign if not already defined".
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>