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Date:      Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:22:44 +0800 (PHT)
From:      Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /etc/termcap
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971127092051.326B-100000@cody.usls.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126150013.19241M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote:

> Copying it was a Bad Thing.  You should have copied & pasted the entries
> you wanted into your existing termcap.

yeah, i know. :-I

> Besides, the *real* termcap is in /usr/share/misc.  The one in /etc/ is a
> fake, designed to keep poory written programs happy.

i also noticed that...

> Snip out the parts you want and drop them in ~/.termcap.  This way you
> don't kill the system defaults.  See termcap(3).

i can't use the mouse right now, having problems with it. how do i enable
the mouse? i have a MS-compatible mouse on COM1.




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