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  • From: monz <joemonz AT yahoo.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] splitvt not working
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:17:28 -0800 (PST)

I am trying to use it without X ...
so that would be a "real" terminal.
It doesn't work for me.

If I type splitvt without TERM=vt100, it gives me
an error message that I don't have a vt100 terminal.


-monz

--- On Wed, 1/16/13, sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG> wrote:

> From: sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>
> Subject: Re: [BL] splitvt not working
> To: "BasicLinux mailing-list" <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 4:23 AM
> Use it from a real terminal, not X
> (which uses pseudoterminals like rxvt
> or xterm).  Just type splitvt without TERM=vt100.
>
> I think it uses vi commands to move cursor.
>
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, monz wrote:
>
> > Hi Sindi,
> >
> > Thanks for your response.
> >
> > I had just downloaded and installed bin.tgz from the
> Slackware 4
> > repository, so i tried splitvt with this command:
> >
> > $ TERM=vt100 splitvt
> >
> > Result: it looked like my screen got split at first,
> but followed by
> > an error message, and then a return to the regular
> prompt and un-split
> > screen. The error message was:
> >
> > $ No available pseudo terminals
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