Re: Telnet again

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   From: Takayuki Tamura <ttamura@icc.melco.co.jp>

   On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:39:41 +1300
   Ross Smith <ross.s@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

   > cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com wrote:
   > > 
   > > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 12:57:26PM +0900, Takayuki Tamura wrote:
   > > >Ross Smith <ross.s@ihug.co.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 :-(

-- 
Ian Zimmerman
2325 3rd Street #324
San Francisco, California 94107
U.S.A.

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