Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:23:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM> To: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: termcap question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970428002219.6643E-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> In-Reply-To: <199704280529.PAA05811@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, David Nugent wrote: > > Hmmm, the linux and linux-nocolor were pulled from my friend's > > Linux machine and someone else said FreeBSD needs a vt220 termcap also. > > No, FreeBSD's vt220 works fine. I use it quite often. Comeone was complaining about it but I found it in the vt200 entry. > Of course, it may depend on which emulator you're using. :-) > Some of them are pretty awful. ckermit's vt220 is about the > best I've ever seen though. > > The problem with pulling termcap entries from other operating > systems, though, is the question of compatiblity. It'd be > nice if all termcaps were equal, but that doesn't agree with > my experience. As usual, YYMV. Yep, that's true. One thing I can't figure out is that the linux termcap entry returns as unknown when the tc= lines it references to are there and those entries work while the linux one doesn't. Weird. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]
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