Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/1998/03/18/06:55:25
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we change the default TERM environment variable
> to 'cygwin', add an entry for 'cygwin' to /etc/termcap, and create a
> terminfo entry for 'cygwin'. Then, if the environment variable TERM is
> not set, set it to 'cygwin' by default.
>
> We could keep the definition as 'linux', but I think this is a little
> unclear and also might strap us for future console changes. For
> instance, I've added the ability to set the console title bar using
> xterm escape sequences. Although, I don't think that there is any
> provision for defining this using termcap or terminfo, other changes in
> the future might require a new entry for cygwin.
>
I think it would be much better to implement some additional xterm's
features in fhandler_console and set this variable to "xterm" or
"xterm-color". I don't want some cygwin-specific terminal type!
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