From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 30 15:02:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB681065670; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B359D8FC08; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n5UExUcs017682; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:59:30 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:59:55 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090630.085955.63054488.imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <86prcl23k8.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <20090623015306.GB27380@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw> <20090623075352.GJ48776@hoeg.nl> <86prcl23k8.fsf@ds4.des.no> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, ed@80386.nl, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, rafan@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r194628 - head/lib/ncurses/ncurses X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:27 -0000 In message: <86prcl23k8.fsf@ds4.des.no> Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav writes: : Ed Schouten 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 bro= ken : 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 peopl= e : believe that their personal preferences are more important than : correctness, not to mention everybody else's preferences. I personally find that behavior to be horrible... But that's what makes it a flame war. Last time this BBQ came up, I thought it was agreed that there would be a xterm-XXX that didn't do this behavior for those folks that think the current behavior is harmfully wrong... : Is there a good reason for not using the (presumably correct and : up-to-date) termcap file that ships with ncurses? About 4-5 years ago I discovered that we had many entries that were more up to date than that file, but there has been an ncurses import since then... Warner