Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 00:19:19 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color, again, in grotty Message-ID: <20021018201919.GA15100@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <3DB06A8B.E40B3004@mindspring.com> References: <20021017.101833.110719994.imp@bsdimp.com> <20021018095026.GA3386@sunbay.com> <20021018.094801.123456703.imp@bsdimp.com> <3DB06A8B.E40B3004@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 13:09:47 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > : So we must either fix syscons(4) or to somehow tell grotty(1) to
> > : emit old sequences to print bold and italic characters.
>
> Fixing Grotty to use the termcap ("TermCap" -- Terminal Capabilities)
> database is the correct approach, in almost all cases.
I agree. Grotty should get termcap color capabilities using TERM env.
variable, if output isatty(). That is termcap purpose.
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Andrey A. Chernov
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