ssh client affecting fonts?

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Eric wrote:

> hello,
>
> for some reason, when i do a 'make config' on a port, the border that 
> used to be solid lines is no longer that way (at least when using 
> SecureCRT). However, when i use putty, it looks as expected (and it 
> used to in SecureCRT)
>
> a screen shot is here:
>
> http://mikestammer.com/private/portconfig.png
>
> does anyone know what the heck is causing this only in SecureCRT?

So what terminal type is set when you use SecureCRT?  putty will use 
something like xterm or vt100 both of which will display make config 
correctly, but a setting for a dumb terminal or no setting will look 
more like your screenshot.

--Alex