On Mar 5,  9:35pm, Peter Teichmann wrote:
> Subject: Re: stty bug?
> This was about the problem that stty erase ^H did not work properly...
>
> Robert Black wrote:
> > Try copying root's .cshrc and .login programs (without the line about
su'ing to
> > root).
>
> Er, hm, ... I thought that I had put all important things also into the
> system-wide /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/csh.login, but I have forgotten the tset
> command.
>
> But now I have a second problem (hm, I always had it but thought that it is
> not so important). After the tset command the cursor moves up in the 24th
> line and puts the prompt there, leaving all the text printed below. But in
> 800x600 the screen has 37 lines, and I do not like this. I think it is
> because of the tset command.
>
> It is: tset -Q \?$TERM
>
> The cursor moves only in the 24th line if the tset command is executed. The
> tset offers me vt100, and I always press only return.
>
> Is vt100 perhaps wrong? What will I have to do to prevent the cursor from
> moving in line 24?

The vt100 definition specifies 24 lines. Try vt220 or xterm.

Cheers

Rob