u31b3hs@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt) (04/02/91)
Hello world! >root@petruz.sublink.ORG (Pietro Caselli) wrote: >> Who can send me a terminfo entry for Gordon's Irlam virtual console ? >> I'm porting a curses package to MINIX and I'd prefere not to write >> a terminfo entry from scratch ... You are porting a curses package? You should check ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de, minix/libraries/portable/curses.tar.Z first. This library is the result of debugging and improving the Minix port of pccurses. It is not finished, but has all basic functions. The distance between poor Minix curses and this version is like the way a mail runs from me to Fred van Kempen (Netherlands-USA-Germany) :-( . BTW: I can't reach the above archive today, hopeful a temporary problem. Anyway, I want to criticize the posted termcap file: I do not like that it gets bigger. If I can reach the archive in Cologne again, I will create a path named termcap with files in it for each entry. People can get needed entries and concatenate them. Each terminal entry should be commented. There is no standard vt100! (I learned this while writing a entry for my vt101). A not about the set of *undescribed* features would be useful. I wrote a termcap(5) manual describing the exact format of Minix termcap and all used capabilities. I can not remember that I ever heard of g[A-Z]. I guess that they should display block grafic characters. There are three capabilities: as, ae and, eh, I think ac, and a section about defining them in my manual. My curses port uses them for boxes, which looks very nice. I wonder about a few other things. Perhaps I should post my manual first, then we can discuss it. The result will be a final manual and clean termcap entries. Namaskaar Michael Haardt (u31b3hs%cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de@unido.bitnet) PS: I hate the discussion about splitting comp.os.minix. If automatic archiving will get easier, what about comp.os.minix.discussion and comp.os.minix.archived? If someone posts an article which he wants to to be archived, he should post it to the auto-archived group. This name does not say anything about the contents, which may be complete sources, patches, important bugs etc.