Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:36:04 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, jasone@canonware.com Subject: Re: termcap versus terminfo Message-ID: <20020117133604.A59128@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <002001c19f47$c8aa8f80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <20020117120319.L27310@sunbay.com> <002001c19f47$c8aa8f80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 03:12:00AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ruslan Ermilov [mailto:ru@FreeBSD.ORG]
> >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:03 AM
> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG; jasone@canonware.com
> >Subject: Re: termcap versus terminfo
> >
> >
> >Not true. It's referenced from the FILES section of termcap(5).
> >
>
> You mean right above the sentence about termcap being replaced by
> terminfo. (on System V, yet) Uh huh. Just gives you a warm fuzzy
> about the applicability of the manpage, doesen't it? :-)
>
You wrote:
: The current FreeBSD scheme with the compiled termcap.db
: has terrible documentation. In fact the only mention of the
: need to use cap_mkdb to build termcap.db is in the cap_mkdb
: man page, and it's not even a mention, it's just a link in
: SEE ALSO. It's not mentioned in the man page for termcap.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It _is_ mentioned here:
: TERMCAP(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual TERMCAP(5)
:
: NAME
: termcap - terminal capability data base
[...]
: FILES
: /usr/share/misc/termcap File containing terminal descriptions.
: /usr/share/misc/termcap.db Hash database file containing terminal
: descriptions (see cap_mkdb(1)).
^^^^^^^^
:
: SEE ALSO
: cap_mkdb(1), ex(1), more(1), tset(1), ul(1), vi(1), ncurses(3),
^^^^^^^^
: printf(3), termcap(3), term(5)
Looking at the wrong section manpage? :-)
Cheers,
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