dan@charyb.COM (Dan Mick) (12/10/89)
Is there a way to get extra, customized termcap entries without adding to the system-wide termcap file? I've heard tell of putting a filename in the TERMCAP environment variable, but I've never been able to get it to work under SunOS. Can someone describe how this is supposed to work, or point me at the right FM page? (Haven't been able to find it in our online pages, at least...) -- .sig files are idiotic and wasteful.
smaug@eng.umd.edu (Kurt Lidl) (12/10/89)
In article <340@charyb.COM> dan@charyb.UUCP (Dan Mick) writes: >Is there a way to get extra, customized termcap entries without adding >to the system-wide termcap file? setenv TERMCAP ~username/termcap;set term=termname;tset This works for me, with the correct values for username and termname, obviously. Under SunOS 4.01, 4.03 4.03c... -- /* Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eng.umd.edu) | X Windows: Power Tools */ /* UUCP: uunet!eng.umd.edu!smaug | for Power Fools */
khera@macbeth.cs.duke.edu (Vick Khera) (12/10/89)
In article <340@charyb.COM> dan@charyb.UUCP (Dan Mick) writes: >Is there a way to get extra, customized termcap entries without adding >to the system-wide termcap file? I've heard tell of putting a filename >in the TERMCAP environment variable, but I've never been able to get it >to work under SunOS. Can someone describe how this is supposed to work, >or point me at the right FM page? (Haven't been able to find it in >our online pages, at least...) it works for me... at leat under SunOS 4.x and above. you must also be sure to set the TERMCAP variable as an absolute path (starting with "/"). i worked around it under SunOS 3.x by just assigning the entire termcap entry to the TERMCAP variable. v. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vick Khera Department of Computer Science ARPA: khera@cs.duke.edu Duke University UUCP: ..!{mcnc,decvax}!duke!khera Durham, NC 27706
jdpeek@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jerry Peek) (12/11/89)
In article <340@charyb.COM> dan@charyb.UUCP (Dan Mick) writes: > Is there a way to get extra, customized termcap entries without adding > to the system-wide termcap file? I've heard tell of putting a filename > in the TERMCAP environment variable, but I've never been able to get it > to work under SunOS. Can someone describe how this is supposed to work, In article <1989Dec10.025418.12733@eng.umd.edu> smaug@eng.umd.edu (Kurt Lidl) writes: > setenv TERMCAP ~username/termcap;set term=termname;tset > > This works for me, with the correct values for username and termname, > obviously. Under SunOS 4.01, 4.03 4.03c... This is great -- if only a few users do it. But the standard termcap file is big (on systems I've seen, at least) -- and if lots of users make their own copies, the disk fills up with a lot of mostly unused termcap data, just so users can add their private termcaps. Here's the answer I've come up with: - A directory called $HOME/.termcaps that has individual termcap definition files in it. For example, a file named "vt200" has a vt200 termcap, nothing else. - Code in my .profile file (I use ksh) that runs a shell function named "newterm" (see below). - A function named "newterm" that prompts the user for a terminal type and reads the answer, like "tset ?" does: TERM = (vt100) mytty Next, it checks to see if there's a termcap file in the $HOME/.termcaps directory. If there is, it does: TERM=mytty; TERMCAP=$HOME/.termcaps/mytty export TERM TERMCAP eval `tset -Qs "mytty"` Otherwise, it uses the default /etc/termcap by running: TERMCAP=/etc/termcap # RESET TO DEFAULT eval `tset -Qs "mytty"` In C-shell, the "newterm" shell function could be replaced with a file that you "source". Maybe: alias newterm source ~/csh/newterm It's nice to keep this code in a separate function or file, instead of embedding it in .profile or .login, because it lets you change terminal types after you're already logged in -- in case you made a mistake or change your mind. --Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY jdpeek@rodan.acs.syr.edu, JDPEEK@SUNRISE.BITNET +1 315 443-3995