Terminal Problems

gsibble · 01-04-2004, 10:12 PM

Well, I use two conflicting interests on my laptop.

First off, I use VIM and love the color. It allows me to browse system files and C programs VERY quickly and view everything nicely.

However, I need to be able to log into SUN Solaris 9 servers (that's my job).

Now, VIM will only allow colors when my terminal type is set to "linux". NOT xterm or vt100 or anything else.

However, standard vi in Solaris 9 doesn't recognize the linux terminal type so when I ssh in, I cannot view any files or anything! It says unrecognized terminal type. What can I do???

Thanks!

-G

david_ross · 01-05-2004, 01:37 PM

I've never tried this but what about creating a script called "vtssh" somewhere in your path containing:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
TERM="vt100"
ssh $@

Then to ssh to a host:
vtssh user@somehost

This will start a new shell with a vt100 term type in which the ssh session is started.

h/w · 01-05-2004, 02:00 PM

or you can use "gvim"