pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM (09/15/88)
The "pcomm" program posted to comp.sources.unix does work on Sequent hosts with the SVAE (System V Applications Environment). You have to compile it in the AT&T universe (use his getopt routine, don't link in a getopt that you use in the bsd universe): att make but to be able to execute it from the ucb universe, make a symbolic link to the SVAE terminfo library: ln -s /usr/att/usr/lib/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo Can someone tell me how to "compile" terminfo definitions? The AT&T "terminfo" manpage in section 4 briefly mentions the "compile" routine of curses, but I can find no further information. Specifically, I want to add terminal definitions for our Televideo TVS922 vt200 compatibles (sure the vt100 definition WORKS, but it doesn't have insert line, insert character, delete line, delete character, and all the local modifications that I've made to our termcap entries).
root@oid.UUCP (Admin) (09/17/88)
In article <2400019@kailand>, pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM writes: > > [deleted stuff]...... > > Can someone tell me how to "compile" terminfo definitions? The AT&T > "terminfo" manpage in section 4 briefly mentions the "compile" routine of > curses, but I can find no further information. > > [other deletions].... Included is the manual page for the 'compiler' you refer to. Its called 'tic'. As a refresher: i) Create your description ii) Decide if you want to install it in a directory other than in "/usr/lib/terminfo"...good for testing (and safe) but you'll need to set the environmental "TERMINFO=" and export it. iii) Pass the description to 'tic' on the command line. iv) Test (and install). This is a lot more fun and educational than getting a copy of the terminfo db for that terminal(s). NAME tic - terminfo compiler SYNOPSIS tic [ -v[_n] ] file ... DESCRIPTION Tic translates terminfo files from the source format into the compiled format. The results are placed in the directory /usr/lib/terminfo. The -v (verbose) option causes tic to output trace information showing its progress. If the optional integer is appended, the level of verbosity can be increased. Tic compiles all terminfo descriptions in the given files. When a use= field is discovered, tic searches first the current file, then the master file, which is ``./terminfo.src''. If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the results are placed there instead of /usr/lib/terminfo. Some limitations: total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot exceed 128 bytes. FILES /usr/lib/terminfo/*/* compiled terminal capability data base SEE ALSO curses(3X), terminfo(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual. BUGS Instead of searching ..../terminfo....src, it should check for an existing compiled entry. If any trouble E-MAIL or call. Good Luck! -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * UUCP: {att,dsinc,netsys,}!aeten@oid | AT&T COM TSO-FAST * * E-mail: {attmail!}bacyn!paeten | Bala Cynwyd, Pa * * Voice: 215-581-4444 | UNIX Systems Support * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMER: I and only I, am responsible for my opinions and comments!