ehrlich@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) (05/01/90)
In article <7166@brazos.Rice.edu> auspex!guy@uunet.uu.net (Guy Harris) writes: > X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 134, message 17 |Has anybody used non-default TERMCAP files in 4.1 ? I am running 4.1 on a |SPARC and vi is ignoring my TERMCAP file and using /usr/share/lib/termcap. |The same file works fine on 4.0.3. > "vi", in 4.0.3, is based on the 4.3BSD one, and uses "termcap". > "vi", in 4.1, is (unless they changed things after I left) based on the > System V Release 3.1 one (it was, by far, the easiest way to make an 8-bit > clean version that lets you use international character sets like ISO > Latin #1), and uses "terminfo". > Thus, it's ignoring not only your "termcap" file, but all "termcap" files, > including the one in "/usr/share/lib". To quote from CURSES(3V) in 4.0.3 > (probably unchanged for 4.1): Gakkkkk!! Does anyone know where one can find a TERMCAP -> TERMINFO converter? Does 4.1 include one? Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176
marka@syd.dms.csiro.au (Mark Andrews) (05/02/90)
In article <7290@brazos.Rice.edu> ehrlich@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) writes: |X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 147, message 6 | |In article <7166@brazos.Rice.edu> auspex!guy@uunet.uu.net (Guy Harris) writes: | |> X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 134, message 17 | ||Has anybody used non-default TERMCAP files in 4.1 ? I am running 4.1 on a ||SPARC and vi is ignoring my TERMCAP file and using /usr/share/lib/termcap. ||The same file works fine on 4.0.3. | |> "vi", in 4.0.3, is based on the 4.3BSD one, and uses "termcap". | |> "vi", in 4.1, is (unless they changed things after I left) based on the |> System V Release 3.1 one (it was, by far, the easiest way to make an 8-bit |> clean version that lets you use international character sets like ISO |> Latin #1), and uses "terminfo". | |> Thus, it's ignoring not only your "termcap" file, but all "termcap" files, |> including the one in "/usr/share/lib". To quote from CURSES(3V) in 4.0.3 |> (probably unchanged for 4.1): | |Gakkkkk!! Does anyone know where one can find a TERMCAP -> TERMINFO |converter? Does 4.1 include one? | |Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176 This one should really be answered by RTFM. 4.0.X has captoinfo(8V). This is just about standard on any terminfo based machine. I would expect it to be there for 4.1 (I'm at home now and the 4.1 manuals are on the desk at work).
guy@uunet.uu.net (Guy Harris) (05/03/90)
>Gakkkkk!! Does anyone know where one can find a TERMCAP -> TERMINFO >converter? System V Release 3.x, and any system - such as SunOS 4.x - whose "curses"/"terminfo" is based on an S5R3.x version. It's a subfunction of "infocmp"....