Terminfo databases free?

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2 total messages Started by Benjamin Z. Goldsteen Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:29

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Author: Benjamin Z. Goldsteen
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:29

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       I would like to have one terminfo database for all of our
UNIX machines -- some terminfo database have entries for some terminals,
other vendors ship others.  It would be nice then, if they are
the same, too...I have noticed that the way the function keys
are defined is different among xterm entries...  However,
do I have to worry about copyrights?  Has anybody already
put together such a suite?  I also wanted to make our termcap
and terminfo entries somewhat consistent...

      One thing in particular I need to resolve is that our
Data General AViiON defines el1=\E[1K for vt100.  Our other
UNIX's don't.  The thing is, when this is defined like that,
this editor Joe doesn't work.  
-- 
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen

Re: Terminfo databases free?

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Author: Doug Gwyn
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:02

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In article <C1CCHp.4MF@rex.uokhsc.edu> benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu writes:
>      One thing in particular I need to resolve is that our
>Data General AViiON defines el1=\E[1K for vt100.  Our other
>UNIX's don't.  The thing is, when this is defined like that,
>this editor Joe doesn't work.  

Not surprising since the VT100 does not have a "clear to BOL"
capability (termcap "cb" = terminfo "el1").  You should translate
the VT100 termcap I have posted from time to time into terminfo
and use that instead.

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