Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ukma!gatech!sbmsg1!scbhq!ll1a!nesac2!jec From: jec@nesac2.UUCP (John Carter ATLN SADM) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: termcaps vs terminfo Message-ID: <847@nesac2.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 23:17:40 EST Article-I.D.: nesac2.847 Posted: Sun Nov 29 23:17:40 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 05:45:04 EST References: <10531@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: A.T.&T. NTSC, Lisle, Ill. Lines: 21 Summary: Mail for Jeff Beer In article <10531@brl-adm.ARPA>, UUCJEFF%ECNCDC.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU writes: ] I have a problem on my 3B2. It seems there is a terminal listed in the ] /etc/termcap file, but not in the /usr/lib/terminfo files. Therefore, ] when you set the TERM to this terminal and VI, it says unkown termdef. ] The format the termcap is in is not the same as the terminfo file, ] the manual says you must compile with curses, but it doesn't say how. ] ] What I would like to do is take the termdef in termcap and compile it and ] put it in the /usr/lib/terminfo. ] ] Can anyone help? Thanks for any help, Jeff Beer, UUCJEFF@ECNCDC A termcap to terminfo translator was posted to the net some time ago. I'd mail a copy, but I'm not sure the path is good. (One of the in-between systems doesn't handle "@" paths.) Contact me for more info. -- USnail: John Carter, AT&T, Atlanta RWC, 3001 Cobb Parkway, Atlanta GA 30339 Video: ...ihnp4!cuea2!ltuxa!ll1!nesac2!jec Voice: 404+951-4642 (The above views are my very own. How dare you question them? :-)