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Date:      Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:40:19 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua>, current@freebsd.org, Antony Mawer <fbsd-current@mawer.org>
Subject:   Re: termcap under single luser
Message-ID:  <87tzdzulv0.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <48989A90.5050400@FreeBSD.org> (Maxim Sobolev's message of "Tue,  05 Aug 2008 11:23:12 -0700")
References:  <20080805044742.GA68586@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <87ljzcdj6t.fsf@kobe.laptop> <48989A90.5050400@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:12 -0700, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> Aha, that's great.  We should probably move picobsd's termcap in
>> src/etc and install it as `/etc/termcap.small' by default.  It is
>> only 6 KB and typing
>>
>>     # export TERMCAP='/etc/termcap.small'
>>
>> is far nicer than trying to use vi, failing, and falling back on ed.
>>
>> /me heads off to prepare a patch for review :-)
>
> IMHO failover to /etc/termcap.small should be automatic within ncurses
> library.

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:50:11 +0300, Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> wrote:
> Maybe it will be better to add /etc/termcap.small to ncurses search path.

Two people have already suggested this may be useful.  I think we have a
plan :)




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