Not setting TERM explicitly wraps commands at 80 columns with nested shells in xterms using sh + bash?

[Ed Schouten]

Hi Garrett,

* Garrett Cooper <yanegomi at gmail.com>, 20111021 08:40:
>     If I fire up an xterm without setting TERM={ansi,vt100,xterm},
> [...]

So what's the idea behind this? Why not just set TERM properly?

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
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