montnaro@sprite.steinmetz.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) (07/26/88)
Termcap entries for nterm are distributed with NeWS 1.1. The two entries
(nterm and nterms) are missing Unix V6-style two char names at the beginning
of the first line. 'Tset -' returns the *second* terminal name string it
finds. For the Sun-distributed nterm entries they are the multiword names.
The termcap(5) man page states:
The first entry for each terminal gives the names which are
known for the terminal, separated by `|' characters. The first
name is always 2 characters long and is used by older version 6
systems which store the terminal type in a 16 bit word in a
systemwide data base. The second name given is the most common
abbreviation for the terminal, and the last name given should
be a long name fully identifying the terminal.
I added two-character "Nt" and "Nu" entries to the front of the nterm and
nterms entries.
I think Bill Joy needs to have a talk with those young whippersnappers in
the NeWSroom, who think they know everything about Unix after just a few
years... :-)
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Skip Montanaro (montanaro@sprite.steinmetz.ge.com, montanaro@ge-crd.arpa)