Subj : Re: AI-WX Weather Door v1
To : paulie420
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Mar 26 2025 09:43 pm
-=> 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.
