Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:30:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, arch@freebsd.org, jasone@canonware.com Subject: Re: termcap versus terminfo Message-ID: <20020117213043.GB41262@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020117120319.L27310@sunbay.com> References: <001501c19f3b$94c35280$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20020117120319.L27310@sunbay.com>
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On 2002-01-17 12:03:19, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:44:39AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >
> > I don't see as how any admin is going to figure out how to add a terminal
> > description other than trial and error so what "user friendliness" gained by
> > holding to the human-readable /etc/termcap format is lost in the current
> > scheme and really shouldn't be an issue to use in deciding between
> > termcap and terminfo.
> >
> What's wrong with reading termcap(5)? :-)
Uhm, nothing. And FILES already mentions cap_mkdb(1).
This means my earlier message about describing how changes can be made
to termcap, is probably meaningless. Ah well :/
The manpage is great, now that I've read all of it.
If the need arises and people do indeed ask about making their own
terminal entries, I'll go write a FAQ entry about the source of it all
in src/share/termcap/termcap.src
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