RE: xterm and dbaccess
Try this term cap.
We have been using xterm windows for years. We just set TERM=xterm
and TERMCAP=< this termcap> and we have never had a problem.
#####################################################################
#
# xterm
#
# This terminal definition file for XTERM terminal emulation
# includes terminal control definitions used by FOURGEN applications.
#
#####################################################################
xterm|Xterm|xterm terminal emulator/DEC vt100:\\
:ae=^O:al=\\E[L:as=^N:bs:cd=\\E[J:ce=\\E[K:cl=\\E[;H\\E[2J:\\
:cm=^H\\E[%i%d;%dH:co#80:li#33:cs=\\E[%2;%2r:dc=\\E[P:dl=\\E[M:\\
:do=\\E[B:ho=\\E[H:ic=\\E[@:is=\\E[?3l\\E)0\\E(B:\\
:k0=\\E[11~:k1=\\E[12~:k2=\\E[13~:k3=\\E[14~:k4=\\E[15~:k5=\\E[17~:\\
:k6=\\E[18~:k7=\\E[19~:k8=\\E[20~:k9=\\E[21~:kA=\\E[23~:kB=\\E[24~:\\
:ku=\\E[A:kd=\\E[B:kr=\\E[C:kl=\\E[D:kh=\\E[h:\\
:nd=\\E[C:pt:re=\\E[p:ru=\\E[24p:se=\\E[m:\\
:so=\\E[7m:sr=\\EM:ue=\\E[m:up=\\E[A:us=\\E[4m:up=\\E[A:\\
:GS=\\E(0:GE=\\E(B:\\
:G1=k:G2=l:G3=m:G4=j:GC=n:GD=w:GE=\\E(B:GH=q:GL=u:GR=t:GU=v:GV=x:
\\
:gs=\\E(0:ge=\\E(B:gb=lmkjqx:
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>From: Gabor Kincses[SMTP:gabor@acm.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 10:21 PM
>To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu
>Subject: xterm and dbaccess
>
>When I started looking at the FAQ, I thought
>surely this one would be in there. Wrong.
>
>Why don't the Informix isql tools work in
>an xterm? Setting term/TERM to vt100 is a
>possible poor workaround, but I heard from a
>friend, that this problem was known for at
>least 5 years now...
>
>We are running on HP-UX 10.20, Informix 7.2.
>And I truely HATE using hpterm.
>
>--
>Gabor Kincses
>(gabor@acm.org)
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