Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:10:50 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing /etc/termcap in 4.8 - How can I? Message-ID: <200312172110.50440.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <brnp97$7a4$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <brnp97$7a4$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:47, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> I have tried to add an extra entry to /etc/termcap:
>
> rxvt-cygwin-native|rxvt terminal emulator (native MS Windows/Cygwin):\
>
> :pa#64:Co#8:AF=3D\E[3%dm:AB=3D\E[4%dm:op=3D\E[39;49m:\
> :
> :ac=3D+\257,\256-^0\333`\004a\261f\370g\361h\260j\331k\277l\332m\300n\3=
05o~p\
> :304q\304r\304s_t\303u\264v\301w\302x\263y\363z\362{\343|\330~\376:\
> :
> :tc=3Drxvt-mono:
>
> to try to get linedrawing characters working correctly in my connection
> from my work computer (cygwin/ssh) to my freebsd machine at home.
>
> 1) I edited the file as root and put it just after the existing 'rxvt'
> entry.
>
The directory entry /etc/termcap is normally a symbolic link to=20
/usr/share/misc/termcap, which I think you already realised.
The tricky bit is what happens when you attempt to edit a file via a=20
symbolic link. Either of two things can happen depending on the editor yo=
u
are using:
1) You actually edit the file at the end of the link and the link remains=
=20
intact.
2) The editor presents you with the text from the file at the end of the =
link
but on saving the changes deletes the link and substitutes the changed te=
xt as=20
a file. The file that was at the end of the link remains unchanged.
So you should make sure /etc/termcap is still a link to=20
/usr/share/misc/termcap.
Now go to /usr/share/misc and edit termcap and then execute cap_mkdb.
Malcolm
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