Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:50:26 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/termcap termcap.src Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007182047470.1261-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20000717052611.A22269@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 02:29:26PM +0300, Valentin Nechayev wrote:
> > with the same name, the only way is to compose common entry
> > ("op=\E[x\E[39;49m" if it works correct). And one should install this composed
>
> It not works correct. The goal was to get rid of \E[x which damage is too bad.
>
> > Terminal name change is the only correct way if it is impossible to compose
> > termcap entry for both old and new variants.
>
> No, ~/.termcap or TERMCAP env variable are another ways more preferrable
> because console name hardcoded in many programs and scripts not changed.
What does "\E[39;49m" do for old versions of syscons? It should have done
nothing if it was unsupported. I didn't notice many problems when I removed
"\E[x" to work around the problems it caused.
Bruce
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