From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 12:51:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC34106568F for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout4.freenet.de (mout4.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D004B8FC13 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:51:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.21] (helo=11.mx.freenet.de) by mout4.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.70 #1) id 1NIiU3-0007dZ-AP; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:03 +0100 Received: from p57ae296f.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([87.174.41.111]:11915 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 11.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1NIiU3-0004NS-3z; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:03 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:51:02 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Ed Schouten 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Alexander Leidinger , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: old/unupdated xterm entries in termcap db X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:51:08 -0000 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:22 +0100 Ed Schouten 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. --- Gary Jennejohn