Subj : Re: AI-WX Weather Door v1
To   : paulie420
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Mar 26 2025 21:43:04

-=> paulie420 wrote to Alex Corris <=-

 AC> I'm not sure if this is related here, but I was having the toughest time
 AC> with Linux and lines that went over 80 columns. Basically if you need to
 AC> send a line to the terminal that goes over that Linux would force a line
 AC> feed.

 pa> ... just to update, I found the issue. Instead of the following Mystic
 pa> Menu Command;

 pa> ./wxdoor -D%P

 pa> I needed to add;

 pa> export TERM=ansipc && ./wxdoor -D%P

 pa> A user mentioned that I might need to add that to my BBSes env, and
 pa> they were right... I went and checked another native app/door I use -
 pa> lynx - and I had to previously add it there, too.

 pa> So that was the fix for AI-WX on a Debian Linux 64bit system to get
 pa> AI-WX working correctly... [Updating all the threads I posted about
 pa> this issue.]

Interesting, and thanks for the follow-up!

FWIW, my env var for TERM is:
TERM=xterm-256color

and I'm not even sure where that's getting set.  Seems to work, though.



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