Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:34:35 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "John C. Place" <placej@ctcdist.com> Subject: Re: QNX terminal emulation Message-ID: <199810282142.QAA06012@laker.net>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:16:20 -0500, John C. Place wrote: >My question is how do I get FreeBSD to run QNX terminal? (I may not be saying >this correctly) I have most of the must have unix admin books (except for >none on termcap) even the "BSD Bible" from Gregg L. but they have precious >few pages on this subject. > >I have the source termcap file from QNX but how do I put it to use. I also >know that linux has this emulation out of the box if for some reason the one >that comes with QNX is proprietory then I can get from the Linux install and >use it. > >I am afraid that my knowledge in this area is lacking so forgive me if I am >asking a stupid question, I just havent had the need to change terminal >emulation. I have a feeling it is a simple fix just I am not looking in >the right place. It's been many years since I wrestled with creating my own termcaps. I had little choice at the time, because I was dialing into unix at work from an Atari 8-bit at home. I had a terminal emulator based on the DEC VT52 with a few enhancements. I figured out way back then that only four entries are neccessary in the termcap definition to get vi to open in visual mode, but I sure couldn't remember which ones they were now! I suspect that you might not find someone with a ready-made solution. If that's the case, you might want to get a copy of "termcap & terminfo" from O'Reilly. This book should give you enough knowledge to *port* the termcap entry you have. I'd use the man page and verify each piece of the termcap. HTH Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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