Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:55:33 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 9.0 honor TERM settings Message-ID: <20120824095533.7ff3bc23.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240308540.3282@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>
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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'm curious though - why ? As long as TERM is set correctly anything that uses curses will handle the keyboard and screen correctly. -- 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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