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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:56:24 -0500
From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: NCurses and cons25
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On Mon, Jan 19, 1998 at 01:12:01PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 09:29:01PM -0500, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> >    I am trying to use NCurses-4.1 under FreeBSD 2.2.5 running on a
> >    486.
> 
> Does this buy you anything?  I thought our implementation was based on
> ncurses.
> 
> > The package compiled fine, but when I try to run *any* of the test programs
> > that come with the package, I get to following error:
> >
> > Error opening terminal: cons25
> >
> >    I have had very little luck finding much information on using or
> > configuring curses or ncurses.  Also, I can't seem to find any information
> > on how to set a terminal type.
> 
> Depending on your shell, do:
> 
> (Bourne shell and friends)
> 
>   $ TERM=cons25; export TERM
> 
> (C shell and friends, I think)
> 
>   % setenv TERM=cons25 
                 ^
I believe that should be

    % setenv TERM cons25

> 
> > Is there anything special about cons25 that makes it a better choice
> > for the console than say some VTxxx terminal type?
> 
> Yes.  It describes the terminal you're using :-)
> 
> > I'm writing several programs in which I need full screen, color,
> > cursor, and key control.  The programs will always be run from a
> > console in 80X25.
> 
> OK.  cons25 can do colour.  Just grab the definition from
> /usr/share/misc/termcap and put it in the termcap file you're using.
> 
> >    Last, if this is getting posted to a list, how can I get on it?
> 
> Send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with the following text in the
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> Greg

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Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.