Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:46:20 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 9.0 honor TERM settings Message-ID: <20120824114620.01a829aa.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240507390.3633@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240056270.1299@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> <20120824080544.9bca4996.steve@sohara.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240308540.3282@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> <20120824095533.7ff3bc23.steve@sohara.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240507390.3633@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz>
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:11:19 -0500 (CDT) Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:13:09 -0500 (CDT) > > Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:18:23 -0500 (CDT) > >>> Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Does 9.0 honor TERM settings? > >>>> > >>>> It appears to me it does not. Although I set TERM=cons25l1 > >>>> in .profile (running bash) and have verified that it is set to that > >>>> value with SET, it appears to me that the function keys are mapped > >>>> to weird xterm-like strings instead of their ANSI values (example: > >>>> F7 = E[18~ not E[S). > >>> > >>> The TERM environment variable is supposed to describe the > >>> terminal not control it. > >> > >> > >> Well, then, where is the setting that makes the F7 key send E[18~ > >> instead of the standard E[S? > > > > In the kernel config there's an option TEKEN_CONS25 which will > > build the console terminal emulator in CONS25 mode. You'll need a > > custom kernel of course. > > I find it really interesting that this change which broke just about every > critical application I run was not mentioned in the release notes or > UPDATING. Bizarre - no well written application should break unless of course you have TERM set to something that doesn't match what the terminal does. The whole TERM termcap/terminfo/curses mechanism is designed to support terminal independent applications. > > I'm curious though - why ? As long as TERM is set correctly > > anything that uses curses will handle the keyboard and screen correctly. > > If 9.0 had not broken my most important applications, I wouldn't be > asking. Which applications - and are they still broken with the right TERM settings (TERM=xterm) ? -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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