Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:24:36 +0300 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm Message-ID: <86d43oeovf.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> (Mel Flynn's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:31:43 %2B0100") References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>
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Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> writes:
> Hi Ed,
>
> On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:12:07 Ed Schouten wrote:
>
>> - Better compatibility with other operating systems.
>
> 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:~#
>
> As you can see, no more less(1) manpage (it's not limited to less, vim etc as
> well). When I change to vt100 terminal, this doesn't occur, hence my worry
> about the above sentence in combination with $subject. IF this is going to be
> the default, I would appreciate an rc.conf setting or at least an explanation
> of what triggers this behavior and how to turn it off in the manpage, as
> various quests in google have yielded neither information nor solution.
I think for termcap(5) you can disable it by
$ export TERMCAP="${TERM}:ti@:te@:tc=${TERM}:"
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