From: corinna DOT vinschen AT cityweb DOT de (Corinna Vinschen)
Subject: Re: termcap questions
1 Jan 1999 13:16:58 -0800
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To: Kevin Bailey <kevinb AT acceleratednetworks DOT com>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Kevin Bailey wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have cygwin 20.1, which is running great, and I want to download
> and compile Joe's editor. But first I guess I should straighten
> out the termcap stuff.
> 
> Should/must I copy the termcap file under /cyg.../etc to /etc ?
> Which entry would you recommend for doing cursor movement,
> arrow keys and bold (but no color needed) in a DOS window
> (NT console) ?  And lastly, I guess I set TERM=whatever ?
> If anyone has actually done this, I'd appreciate any additional
> suggestions or warnings.
> 
> Thanks!

Yes, copy termcap to /etc and set TERM=cygwin.

Regards,
Corinna

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