Using Vi through a Serial Console

[Mario Antonio]

Scott,

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it.

It worked beautifully

Mario Antonio


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott W" <wegster at mindcore.net>
To: "Mario Antonio" <dino at webjogger.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Using Vi through a Serial Console


> Mario Antonio wrote:
>
> >Dear List,
> >
> >When I make a serial connection to a FreeBSD server that has its serial
port
> >configured as a console, how can I make the "vi" editor work?
> >
> >
> >Mario
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> export the TERM environment variable from the shell to the correct
> value, try:
> TERM=vt100
> export TERM
>
> as a first shot...
>
> Scott
>
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