Hi. I just realized that this _might_ work to get your jove not to screw up on Linux. Put the below text into a file in your home directory, say "~/.termcap". Then, to use it, say: % setenv TERMCAP ~/.termcap and see if this clears things up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vs|xterm|vs100|xterm terminal emulator (X window system):\ :li#24:co#80:cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:le=^H:ho=\E[H:\ :cl=\E[H\E[2J:bs:am:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=\E[C:up=\E[A:\ :ce=\E[K:cd=\E[J:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:\ :md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:\ :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\ :k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:sf=\n:sr=\EM:\ :al=\E[L:dl=\E[M:ic=\E[@:dc=\E[P:\ :MT:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:\ :rs=\E[r\E<\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:xn:\ :AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:IC=\E[%d@:DC=\E[%dP:\ :ti=\E7\E[?47h:te=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8:\ :hs:ts=\E[?E\E[?%i%dT:fs=\E[?F:es:ds=\E[?E:\ :vb=\E[?5h\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\E[?5l: vs1|xterm1|vs100.1:\ :cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:le=^H:ho=\E[H:\ :co#80:li#35:cl=\E[H\E[2J:bs:am:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=\E[C:up=\E[A:\ :ce=\E[K:cd=\E[J:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:\ :md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:\ :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\ :k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:sf=\n:sr=\EM:\ :al=\E[L:dl=\E[M:ic=\E[@:dc=\E[P:\ :MT:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:\ :rs=\E[r\E<\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:xn:\ :AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:IC=\E[%d@:DC=\E[%dP:\ :ti=\E7\E[?47h:te=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8:\ :hs:ts=\E[?E\E[?%i%dT:fs=\E[?F:es:ds=\E[?E:\ :vb=\E[?5h\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\E[?5l: vs2|vt100|linux|foobar|vs100.2:\ :im=:ei=:mi:cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:le=^H:ho=\E[H:\ :co#80:li#25:cl=\E[H\E[2J:bs:am:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=\E[C:up=\E[A:\ :ce=\E[K:cd=\E[J:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:\ :md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:\ :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\ :k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:sf=\n:sr=\EM:\ :al=\E[L:dl=\E[M:ic=\E[@:dc=\E[P:\ :MT:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:\ :rs=\E[r\E<\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:xn:\ :AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:IC=\E[%d@:DC=\E[%dP:\ :ti=\E7\E[?47h:\ :hs:fs=\E[?F:es:ds=\E[?E:\ :vb=\E[?5h\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\200\E[?5l: vs|xterm|vs100|xterm terminal emulator (X window system):\ :cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:le=^H:ho=\E[H:\ :co#80:li#65:cl=\E[H\E[2J:bs:am:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=\E[C:up=\E[A:\ :ce=\E[K:cd=\E[J:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:\ :md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:\ :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\ :k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:sf=\n:sr=\EM:\ :al=\E[L:dl=\E[M:ic=\E[@:dc=\E[P:\ :MT:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:\ :rs=\E[r\E<\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:xn:\ :AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:IC=\E[%d@:DC=\E[%dP:\ :ti=\E7\E[?47h:te=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8:\ :hs:ts=\E[?E\E[?%i%dT:fs=\E[?F:es:ds=\E[?E: