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Date:      Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:34:31 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Rong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r194628 - head/lib/ncurses/ncurses
Message-ID:  <86prcl23k8.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20090623075352.GJ48776@hoeg.nl> (Ed Schouten's message of "Tue,  23 Jun 2009 09:53:52 %2B0200")
References:  <200906221500.n5MF0F6v044301@svn.freebsd.org> <20090622151917.GC48776@hoeg.nl> <20090623015306.GB27380@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw> <20090623075352.GJ48776@hoeg.nl>

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Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> writes:
> I've noticed the xterm entry we have in FreeBSD is somewhat
> inconsistent with the one from other operating systems.  [...]  Is
> this a known issue?

I don't know about that one, but our xterm entry is intentionally broken
in at least one area: it does not contain the sequences necessary to
restore the previous screen when you exit from less, top etc.  Be
prepared for a flame war if you try to fix it; apparently, some people
believe that their personal preferences are more important than
correctness, not to mention everybody else's preferences.

Is there a good reason for not using the (presumably correct and
up-to-date) termcap file that ships with ncurses?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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