Termcap

Termcap

[Venkat Raghu]

Hi

In order to provide features for various terminal
types, I updated /etc/termcap file with latest version
availabe. After updating it I rebooted the m/c. But
it is still not providing proper functionality.

Should I do anything else apart from just
updating /etc/termcap.

Regards
Venkat



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RE: Termcap

[johnjulian1]

you need to set the TERM variable then run the tset command. ie
export TERM=wy60ak
tset

Venkat Raghu <venkatraghu2002@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Hi
>
>In order to provide features for various terminal
>types, I updated /etc/termcap file with latest version
>availabe. After updating it I rebooted the m/c. But
>it is still not providing proper functionality.
>
>Should I do anything else apart from just
>updating /etc/termcap.
>
>Regards
>Venkat
>
>
>
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Re: Termcap

[Glynn Clements]

Venkat Raghu wrote:

> In order to provide features for various terminal
> types, I updated /etc/termcap file with latest version
> availabe. After updating it I rebooted the m/c. But
> it is still not providing proper functionality.
> 
> Should I do anything else apart from just
> updating /etc/termcap.

termcap is considered obsolete. Few programs still use it; most
programs use terminfo instead.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>

RE: Termcap

[Bruce Harvey]

Terminfo is the current choice and has been for some time.  Some programs
still use termcap, but not many.  If your implementation has it, try 

	infocmp vt220

to display the codes assigned to manage this type of terminal.  The    tic
(TermInfo Compiler) command is used to compile a text file (infocmp produces
the correct kind of text file) into a terminfo file.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Venkat Raghu [mailto:venkatraghu2002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:47 PM
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Termcap



Hi

In order to provide features for various terminal
types, I updated /etc/termcap file with latest version
availabe. After updating it I rebooted the m/c. But
it is still not providing proper functionality.

Should I do anything else apart from just
updating /etc/termcap.

Regards
Venkat



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termcap

[Venkat Raghu]

Hi

I downloaded new termcap file and copied it over
/etc/termcap file. I rebooted the machine. After
coming
up the machine still does't recognize new control
sequences introduced in /etc/termcap file. 
So is the procedure wrong. Should I do anything else.

Regards
Venkat

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Re: termcap

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Venkat!

Your app probably uses terminfo and not termcap.  So fix your terminfo
as well.

No reboot needed when you change termcap or terminfo.  Just restart the
app.

RGDS
GARY
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Venkat Raghu wrote:

> I downloaded new termcap file and copied it over
> /etc/termcap file. I rebooted the machine. After
> coming
> up the machine still does't recognize new control
> sequences introduced in /etc/termcap file.
> So is the procedure wrong. Should I do anything else.

Re: termcap

[johnjulian1]

You can use captoinfo to convert a termcap definition to a terminfo file.
man captoinfo

"Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> wrote:

>Yo Venkat!
>
>Your app probably uses terminfo and not termcap.  So fix your terminfo
>as well.
>
>No reboot needed when you change termcap or terminfo.  Just restart the
>app.
>
>RGDS
>GARY
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701
>    gem@rellim.com  Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676
>
>On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Venkat Raghu wrote:
>
>> I downloaded new termcap file and copied it over
>> /etc/termcap file. I rebooted the machine. After
>> coming
>> up the machine still does't recognize new control
>> sequences introduced in /etc/termcap file.
>> So is the procedure wrong. Should I do anything else.
>
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