On Thu, 18 May 2000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's the best the best way to avoid having ot reset my terminal > variable everytime I telnet to a site that does not know what > xterm-debian is? Since this happens quite often it is getting a > little tedious.
Make a script. For example I use the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ALLARGS=$@ ## Only the last part of the options, the host TELNETHOST=$(echo "$ALLARGS" | sed -e "s/^.*[[:blank:]]\+\([[:alnum:].]*\)[[:blank:]]*$/\1/") ## The machine name (no domain): SHORTHOST=$(echo $TELNETHOST | sed -e "s/\..*$//") exec rxvt -bg Black -fg White -cr Red -font fixed \ -name remotexterm -T "Telnet: $TELNETHOST" -n "$SHORTHOST" \ -e sh -c "export TERM=vt100; telnet $ALLARGS" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You use it like telnet. This is bind to menu entries on my system, so it opens a new window (with a red cursor to indicate telnet is fundamentally unsecure). ChriS
