Re: terminal question...

[Joao Cardoso]

Adam Balgach wrote:
> 
> Im running octave with the help of cygwin in winNT
> and when i try something like
> 
> u=[0:.1:10];
> and then try to display it by typing in:
> >u
> WARNING: termain is not fully functional
> -  (press RETURN)
> 
> and then i hit return, and it displays a bunch of columns
> and then there is
> 
> -- less -- (f)orward, (b)ack, (q)uit
> 
> so i ask you, what is wrong with my terminal ? why do i get that initional
> error?

In my system, sco-unix, I get the same message only when *formating* man
pages. I guess that `less' found an incomplete termacap or terminfo
entry... when that message appear, I use ^P, ^V to forward/reverse the
listing.

Joao

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