Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 09:57:23 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gljennjohn@gmail.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternate Screen Message-ID: <1edf1ff9-cc97-8d79-d557-5f55c46566cb@vangyzen.net> In-Reply-To: <20210517145353.vrupk2v4kv6gmssv@aniel.nours.eu> References: <451388d3-934c-c506-d7de-81de44b4a29a@vangyzen.net> <20210516170307.z4bzyi46gjyuiqg3@aniel.nours.eu> <20210517101935.526899f1@ernst.home> <b2fb216c-937f-53c4-48c4-ec0913a8f469@vangyzen.net> <20210517145353.vrupk2v4kv6gmssv@aniel.nours.eu>
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On 5/17/21 9:53 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 09:46:49AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >> On 5/17/21 5:19 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 May 2021 19:03:07 +0200 >>> Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:01:53AM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote: >>>>> There was a recent discussion about a terminal database update and the new >>>>> Alternate Screen behavior. I'm curious about the resolution, but I can't >>>>> find that discussion. Would someone kindly send a clue-by-four via >>>>> overnight express? >>>>> >>>>> Ultimately, I'd like to know how to get the old behavior back, with no >>>>> alternate screen, and thereby reduce my blood pressure. >>>>> >>>>> Alternatively yours, >>>> >>>> The replies you are receiving are interesting as none of them are right... >>>> >>>> What has been done, it now ncurses from base reads both terminfo and termcap DB. >>>> It is looking up for terminfo db from localbase as well. >>>> >>>> Base only provides termcap (the old termcap definition, nothing new in there). >>>> if one want the terminfo database which supports alternate screen definition, >>>> he/shre can just pkg install terminfo-db. >>>> >>> >>> But in March terminfo was being built and installed. Maybe he failed to >>> delete /usr/share/terminfo after the change. Or was simply not aware that >>> he had to do that. >> >> Thanks for the help, everyone. Deleting /usr/share/terminfo fixed the >> problem. (I don't have the terminfo-db package installed.) >> >> Bapt, was this intentionally omitted from ObsoleteFiles.inc, or was that an >> oversight? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Eric > > It is in ObsoleteFiles.inc > > # 20210318: remove the terminfo database :facepalm: I was looking at the wrong branch. And I apparently forgot to delete-old. Thanks again for wasting your time on me. Eric
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