Once upon a time, Miloslav Trmač <mitr(a)volny.cz> said:
Another one is that connecting to systems that don't support
xterm-256
is not quite easy. In particular, there appears to be no way to
configure ~/.ssh/config so that "ssh oldhost" (and "ssh oldhost
arbitrarycommand") transparently changes the TERM value - one would
have to set up shell functions or something similar. An extension of
the ssh would be very nice - and failing that, an explicit recipe how
to override TERM correctly would be welcome as well.
The OpenSSH devs might be open to such. I'd be willing to take it up
with them and write a patch (if they'll accept it).
Any suggestions on how it should work? Ideally, some way to say "drop
the -256color suffix from TERM if preset" would be best.
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.