Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:22:55 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xterm termcap definition Message-ID: <m0vFQsB-0003wcC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:40:27 -0600." <199610211940.NAA16880@rocky.mt.sri.com> References: <199610202126.PAA13401@rocky.mt.sri.com> <96Oct21.123424pdt.177480@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> <199610211940.NAA16880@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> wrote:
> Interesting again. I just checked, and they do have the entries,
> although 'more' on a Sun doesn't seem to use them.
Which is why I generally use 'more' on a Sun system (and seem to vaguely
remember hacking an option into 'less' at one point to disable the
ti/te string usages)...or at least I've gotten in the habit of using
'more' when I want to avoid that screen save/restore behavior (which
is most of the time) and less otherwise. I seem to vaguely remember
starting a discussion on this subject on one of the FreeBSD lists
a while back. I think it was in the context of "why the heck is it
doing this with 'less' and I can't see the output because less exited
immediately". Turns out that my basic problem was that I was using a
'xterm' termcap entry garnered from some other OS. I probably made some
silly statement about my trying to add an option somewhere to disable
the whole business, but I just fixed my "problem" by adjusting my
termcap entries, instead.
Basically...it's a personal preference and it ought to be possible for
users to get either behavior without an undue amount of effort.
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
1700 Westlake Ave N #500
scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109
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