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Date:      Tue, 9 Apr 1996 15:49:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Terminal question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960409154736.2818A-100000@dreamlabs.dreaming.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960409145814.2354A-100000@dreamlabs.dreaming.org>

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On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe wrote:

> 
> Get out your rotten tomatoes, folks, i've got a termcap question.
> 
> I am sitting here on my living room couch typing away on one of the four 
> dumb terminals i've got sitting on the coffee table. They were just 
> donated by a friend, and suprisingly they all work. The only stumbling 
> block to their efficient operation is my ignorance of their capabilities 
> and of termcap entries.
> 
> I have three wyse160's, 2 with "pce" keyboards (exactly like a 101-key 
> IBM AT) and one with a wy60-ansi 16 function key keyboard (well, it didnt 
> come with it, i had it spare and i'm using it to type this). The fourth 
> is a visual-603 with a matching 603 keyboard.
> 
> My questions are: 
> 
> 1) how can i get the most out of these terminals using FreeBSD?
>    i notice they have mouse-capabilities, but i'm not so mad as to hope 
>    that i can get that to work. 
> 2) What is the best way to get the damn function and cursor keys to work 
>    (like in pine -k)?
> 3) Which termcap entry should i use, or am i going to have to build my 
>    own to get everything out of the keyboards?
> 
> Any information you can supply me with, or even better some pointer to 
> some docs or manuals so i can learn what the hell it is that i think i'm 
> talking about... i'd appreciate it.
> 
> I'm sorry to come up with such a lamer question, but i've fiddled with 
> these things all afternoon and just can't seem to get the right 
> combination of termcaps and setups.
> 
> Regards,
> Mit
> 

Since i wrote this i have had great success with setting my termcap entry 
to vt100, and the terminal the same... the curson keys and fuction keys 
up to 10 work.. now for 11 & 12... perhaps they need to be added to the 
termcap entry?

Suggestions?

-Mit



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