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Re: terminfo/termcap entry (was Re: [PATCH] fhandler_console.cc)
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- Subject: Re: terminfo/termcap entry (was Re: [PATCH] fhandler_console.cc)
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:30:58 -0400
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On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 07:08:50AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- "Bradley A. Town" <townba@pobox.com> wrote:
>>Sigh. I broke `less' with the previous termcap entry. The problem
>>appears to be that either `less' or the termcap library expects there
>>to be a setting for `sr' (terminfo `ri') for scrolling text down. You
>>can fix it by adding "sr=\EM" to the termcap file and "ri=\EM" to the
>>terminfo file. Modified versions are provided below.
>>
>>I had left it out because ncurses's `lrtest' gets hosed after a few
>>seconds if it's set, but that's the only program I've seen have
>>trouble. That might be attributable to a bug in cygwin, a bug in
>>ncurses, or a bug in `lrtest'.
>>
>>Sorry.
>
>I wanted to give my terminfo values for cygwin since Brad had problems
>with lrtest. I posted this to cygwin-apps. This cygwin terminfo
>passed all tests. My terminfo is below Brads.
I'm readying a new release of termcap which will incorporate Earnie's
changes soon. I'm just putting the finishing touches on a script that
will automate this kind of activity.
After that, I will get to Bradley's changes. I'm a little leery of
terminfo -> termcap translated changes since I've had problems with that
before.
cgf
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