Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/06/10/14:12:49
From: Takayuki Tamura <ttamura AT icc DOT melco DOT co DOT jp>
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:39:41 +1300
Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> wrote:
> cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 12:57:26PM +0900, Takayuki Tamura wrote:
> > >Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> wrote:
> > >>cgf wrote:
> > >>> You'll probably have the best luck if you use the information from
> > >>> cygwin's /etc/termcap on your UNIX box.
> > >>
> > >> Use it how? What do I do with it?
> > >
> > >setenv TERMCAP '<paste the linux entry from cygwin's termcap>'
> > >
> > >or
> > >
> > >setenv TERMPATH <alternate-termcap-file>
> > >
> > >I'm not sure the latter exists in Solaris (FreeBSD has it, I remember).
> > >Consult man pages (tset, environ, ...) for more details.
> >
> > It may not be that simple. It might require playing around with
> > terminfo, q.v.
>
> None of our Unix/Sun experts could figure out how to make it work. I
> ended up throwing out the Cygwin telnet and installing Tera Term, which
> has a VT100 emulation option.
Yes, it was not that simple :-)
captoinfo(1M): convert termcap into terminfo.
tic(1M): terminfo compiler (produce binary format).
Once I've one it, but I don't remember the details.
Hardly expert stuff, though. Termcap/terminfo issues ought to be core
area for Unix admins, no? But people are getting more and more
spoiled by X :-(
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