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What is the “interix” terminal?

April 26, 2017interix terminal

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What is the “interix” terminal?

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The “interix” terminal is a fully capable color terminal similar to a color DEC VT series or rxvt terminal. You can run color curses programs on it, scroll, buffer, 64 function keys, etc. Shortcuts for scrolling include , , and . Escape codes can be sent to it for inserting, deleting, etc. as with most fully capable terminals. 2.06 – The “interix” terminal type is not recognized when I telnet. Get a more up-to-date version of the Terminfo database installed on the machine you are telnet’ing into and install it. The “interix” terminal type has been included in the terminfo database for many years. back to top 2.07 I’m running on a new machine and my program core dumps, but it’s fine on other machines. You need to turn the Data Execution Prevention (aka DEP, the NX flag) off. There are some programs, most notably ‘gcc’, that place some executable code in the stack. With DEP/NX on, these programs are stopped. With Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2