TERM=gnome - a possible way out

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:24:10PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> 
> The problem with any new term type is interoperability with other
> systems (both other Linux and other Unix systems).

Right!  That is why I am thinking how to alleviate a damage done by
setting TERM to 'gnome'.  Linux systems around will hopefully know
what that is although this is far from sure and number of problems
crops out anyway even on some kind of a connection to FC3t1 machine.
You cannot ask for more favourable conditions than that.

If you are talking about non-Linux machines this is far less from
sure.  There is some hope that these know already how to handle a
"qualified xterm" if only by resetting that locally to just "xterm"
but I may be too optimistic.

A nasty option would be to make a local definition of an 'xterm'
termcap the same as 'gnome',  set TERM to xterm and hope for the
best.

> I already loaded the
> last ESR terminfo file into my Tru64 and Solaris servers

The catch is, of course, that you may not be able to load anything
of that sort on some remotes where you may be connecting.  I know
how to deal with that but for many people around this will be a very
high hurdle.

   Michal