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]>