mike@system.Cambridge.NCR.COM (mike) (07/10/89)
From: ncrlnk!ncrcae!ncrlnk!ncrcam!system.Cambridge.NCR.COM!mike@uunet.uu.net Message-Id: <8907070325.AA06345@uunet.uu.net> To: vijay@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Termcaps probem Newsgroups: comp.emacs In-Reply-To: <325@albanycs.Albany.Edu> Organization: NCR Corporation, E&M Cambridge, Ohio Cc: In article <325@albanycs.Albany.Edu> you write: >After I finally though I had it installed ok, my emacs implementaion >tells me "emacs: cant open termcap database file". I recall seeing > > < ... other stuff deleted > > >Anyone know whats goin' on? > >Thanks. > >- Vijay >------- >vijay@cssun.albany.edu >vijay@albanycs.albany.edu >------- emacs lies to you with that message. It doesn't use termcaps at all. (At least the one I have doesn't.) It uses terminfo. These files are found at /usr/lib/terminfo. See you Unix documentation for a description of these files and their care and feeding. If you get the changes made here for your terminal, you should be all set. This is one of those times where you can beat you brains out against the termcap wall and not be doing anything toward solving your problem. I hope this helps. mike