Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dataio.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!dataio!weil From: weil@dataio.UUCP (Steve Weil) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Strange behavior from ex when input is redirected Message-ID: <775@dataio.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 12:24:05 EDT Article-I.D.: dataio.775 Posted: Thu Aug 15 12:24:05 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 02:18:02 EDT Organization: Data I/O Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 17 I have an application which needs to run an editor script with ex (sed and ed will not do). Even though my environment is properly set with TERM and TERMCAP, when I type "ex < file", the editor does not seem to know my terminal type. On the VAX (4.2) this is not so bad, but on an NCR Tower ex refused to do any editing without a cursor addressable terminal. Depending upon specifics, I got messages like: Terminal must have UP capability to use open/visual mode (even thought the only command in the file was "set"), or Unknown terminal type "dumb" Is anyone familiar with this problem? Is there a workaround? By the way, does the Tower have a Unisoft port? Thanks in advance, Steve Weil Data I/O dual!unisoft!dataio!weil entropy!dataio!weil ucbvax!lbl-unix!uw-beaver!teltone!dataio!weil