[vox-tech] Vim is leaving junk on my command line

[Jay Strauss]

Yep, that did it.  But now my question is:

Where does the TERM variable get set in the first place?  I don't see it in:
/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bashrc

But its being set to xterm

Thanks
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen M. Helms" <Mytho_X@pacbell.net>
To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Vim is leaving junk on my command line


> Jay Strauss wrote:
>
> >When you save a file in vi (vim), it normally gives you 2 lines of output
> >(above) the command line.  1st line has something to do with the position
of
> >your cursor (or maybe the number of chars changed), the next line says
> ><filename>: written.
> >
> >The "en" of "written" gets printed on my command line
> >
> >ps i'm using putty as my ssh client
> >Jay
> >
> Have you tried to make sure you have the correct TERM setting for the
> system you are connecting too?
>
> For example when I am using my work linux laptop with Eterm and connect
> to a Solaris box I need to set TERM=vt102 before using vi.
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