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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:13:02 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: termcap/terminfo for cygwin console
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In-Reply-To: <20010501015407.77E8.GAUTIER@email.enst.fr>; from gautier@email.enst.fr on Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:00:50AM +0200

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:00:50AM +0200, Fabrice Gautier wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm often using cygwin and bash to telnet to linux or Sun stations. 
>I often get some terminal capabilities related problems (using less or
>vi for example).
>
>I tried to set TERM=vt100 or TERM=linux but this was not a lot better.
>
>Is ther any terminfo or termcap files availabale for cygwin terminal? or
>which "standard" termianl type shoudl i choose for maximum compatibility?

Both terminfo and termcap files are in the standard cygwin release.

infocmp cygwin

will display the cygwin settings.

And editor should uncover the cygwin settings in /etc/termcap .

cgf

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