Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:11:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 9.0 honor TERM settings Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240507390.3633@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20120824095533.7ff3bc23.steve@sohara.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240056270.1299@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> <20120824080544.9bca4996.steve@sohara.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208240308540.3282@abbf.ynefrvtuare.pbz> <20120824095533.7ff3bc23.steve@sohara.org>
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > 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 find it really interesting that this change which broke just about every critical application I run was not mentioned in the release notes or UPDATING. > > I'm curious though - why ? As long as TERM is set correctly > anything that uses curses will handle the keyboard and screen correctly. If 9.0 had not broken my most important applications, I wouldn't be asking. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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