Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:58:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Termcap vs. screen Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960703134941.9779A-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
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Funny how what seems like it should be simple ends up being so frustrating sometimes. Okay... another dumb question: I have been trying to get 'screen' to work. It makes okay, installs okay but what keeps messing up is that no matter what I do, it ALWAYS wants to use its own idea of the screen (SC) termcap/terminfo entry. I have the termcap source, and have been modifying it for our use here. Almost all of my users are running some sort of DOS ANSI emulation (not at all compatable with vt100), and we have our own termcap for them. I also incorporate the termcap (screencap) entries when I make the terminal database, and the /etc/termcap file CLEARLY shows our replacement SC terminal type (and there is only 1 entry for it in termcap), and you can select it using stty and all is well... Until you try to run screen... at which time it reverts to what I can only assume to be a compiled-in termcap of it's own, regardless of what the man page says and regardless of what the initial settings for $TERM and $TERMCAP are. Okay, what the heck have I overlooked this time? Perplexed, -Dave
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