Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:22:11 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org> To: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm Message-ID: <20091111202211.GB2103@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Hi! > I'm not in a position to test this at the moment, but does this mean our > console will now also "fold" paging/editor applications? > I hate this feature with a passion on linux and I've unable to find out > how to > disable it, especially since the few linux machines I manage have no termcap > or terminfo database on the places they say they should be. > What I mean with folding is: > root@www:~# man less > Reformatting less(1), please wait... > root@www:~# For less, have a look at the "-X" flag: Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings to the terminal. In termcap/terminfo, you probably have to look for the 'ti' and 'te' capabilities. Basically, find the xterm termcap/terminfo source file, edit it to change/delete ti/te and re-compile the source using tic. Yes, someone should write a howto about this 8-} -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 11 years to go !
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