[comp.unix.xenix] SCO termcaps

mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) (01/28/88)

In the SCO XENIX System V 2.2 User's Reference Manual, in the
Miscellaneous section, TERMCAP entry dated August 26, 1985, page 4 it
states:

PD	str	Sent by PAGE DOWN key
PU	str	Sent by PAGE UP key

In the SCO Professional manual, Configuration Guide section, page 2-3
it states:

Next Page	kN
Previous Page	kP

Sure enough, SCO Professional ignores the PD and PU entries in termcap,
and responds to kN and kP.  This seems very silly.

I thought this might save some of you from the manual hunting and phone
calling I made to find out about this.  I have requested that they
bring SCO Professional in line with the Runtime docs, and I was told
that an 'Enhancement Request' would be filled out for me.

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larry@jc3b21.UUCP (Lawrence F. Strickland) (02/01/88)

in article <5417@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) says:
> 
> In the SCO XENIX System V 2.2 User's Reference Manual, in the
> 
> PD	str	Sent by PAGE DOWN key
> PU	str	Sent by PAGE UP key
> 
> In the SCO Professional manual, Configuration Guide section, page 2-3
> it states:
> 
> Next Page	kN
> Previous Page	kP
> 

This may be a bit picky, but the kN and kP are probably the CORRECT values,
at least as of this year.  Those are the values used in the 'new' curses
for Sys V.3.  Finding documentation on them can be, however, a real problem.
They are not described in the current curses documentation nor used in any of
the Sys V.2 terminfo's.  Also included in the new version is a set of
descriptions for the full 64 function keys plus numerous other (enhanced
I guess) values like Shifted NEXT key and such.  Since none of these are
defined in BSD4.2 and I don't have BSD4.3, you could say the kN and kP are
the correct values and that SCO's PD and PU should be removed.  Good luck!

-l
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