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Re: rxvt package default TERM value [Was: RXVT doesn't recognize ALT + Cursor keys]
On Aug 21 23:00, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Works fine, including all keys I'm used to after I replaced the
> >rxvt entries on the affected Linux system.
>
> So, any opinions on what value rxvt should give for TERM, when the user
> has not specified a value[*]. Existing behavior on cygwin (and most
> other platforms) is to report 'xterm'. rxvt-20050409-5 test release
> reports 'rxvt'.
IMHO rxvt should just stick to its xterm default as on other platforms.
It's simple enough to set the terminal name.
Corinna
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