From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 4 00:29:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA26181 for current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 00:29:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA26157 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 00:29:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA07139; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 00:29:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19970404002900.52101@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 00:29:00 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: termcap and color References: <19970403010957.13573@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <19970403225028.UD37275@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.67 In-Reply-To: <19970403225028.UD37275@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Thu, Apr 03, 1997 at 10:50:28PM +0200 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-960801-SNAP i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch scribbled this message on Apr 3: > As John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > > so: > > o) I add Co, Sf, and Sb to termcap(5) > > Note that you should also mention that it's a matter of the > application whether it even remotely thinks of using these entries or > not. That's the thing with termcap (as opposed to terminfo): you can > extend it beyond things that have been originally intended. ok.. sounds good... I think instead of listing 'em all... I'll just add a segment and point them to the document Bruce mentioned... > Note also that XFree86's termcap entry defines two similar > capabilities: AB is a synonym for Sb, and AF is a synonym for Sf. It > depends on the application which one it's expecting. They also define > pa#64. actually, it's screen that uses AF and AB (in addition to Sf, Sb)... but all entries that use color happen to define pa#64 also... thanks for the pointers... -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD