startup_message off
nethack on

# change ^A to ^B -- ^B has no real meaning in bash, vim, or nethack.
escape ^Bb

# no more "bell in window 1", Crassworm!!
bell_msg ""

# avoid logging in a new user for every term (thanks toft)
deflogin off

# lines of scrollback!
defscrollback 2000

# quick esc timeout
maptimeout 50