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Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:02 +0100
From:      Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: old/unupdated xterm entries in termcap db
Message-ID:  <20091210135102.3434e5cf@ernst.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: <20091210124222.GA64905@hoeg.nl>
References:  <86d42pjc1n.fsf@bifteki.lan> <20091209122532.2c55aa22@ernst.jennejohn.org> <86ws0w4c8e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20091209123246.22b9ecc3@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20091210104430.1381356nnmx30okk@webmail.leidinger.net> <20091210124222.GA64905@hoeg.nl>

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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:22 +0100
Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:

> But if someone is interested in updating the entries in the termcap file
> to something newer (but no 256 colors), please do! Patches welcome! I
> will even MFC it! Our current entry for xterm isn't entirely compatible
> with Apple's Terminal.app either. I've noticed that an Erase Line (EL,
> ^[[K) with xterm uses the terminal's selected attributes to blank the
> terminal, while Apple's implementation uses the default terminal
> attributes (i.e. black background).
> 

IIRC there was a patch in the original post which may be a good starting point.

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Gary Jennejohn



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