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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>
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Subject: Re: /etc/termcap
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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.