Subj : Terminal Settings (CentOS)
To   : Rwebb616
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jun 11 2018 10:48 pm

  Re: Terminal Settings (CentOS)
  By: Rwebb616 to All on Mon Jun 11 2018 08:34 pm

 > My question is when I run the command line utilities like scfg all the line
 > drawing is messed up.  I'm using putty and UTF-8 on my translation and xterm
 > for my term type.  (pretty much the default).

Try the different "interface" modes (i.e. run "scfg -?" to list the
command-line options and try the different "-i" combinations) - probably "-iF"
for cursors with forced "IBM charset".

Also, make sure you have Putty configured for a UTF-8 "Remote characer set"
(under settings->Window->Translation).

There are other tricks for getting the *nix console to send the character codes
your terminal expects (terminal settings, termcaps, escape sequences).

 > I've tried downloading SyncTerm for windows and I couldn't get it to connect
 > on SSH - it gave me some sort of handshake error - I was trying to connect
 > to linux with it, not the BBS.

What version of SyncTERM? Recent builds (after 1.0) incorporate a newer version
of cryptlib which fixes most SSH incompatibilities.

 > I've tried different fonts in putty and also copying the terminfo and
 > termcap files and setting those up according to the docs.  I guess I'm at a
 > loss as to how to get the lines to look pretty! :)

If you're referrring to the Synchronet docs (wiki?) those termininfo/caps
settings are for propert *remote* display of cursors programs (e.g. doors) run
by the BBS.

 > I'm very new to Synchronet but not Linux or computers in general - I own my
 > own IT consulting company going on about 18 years so I'm competent just need
 > some help.  Thank you!

You'll get it.

                                            digital man

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