Re: TERMCAP vs. TERMINFO?

In article <DEyxqz.6IH@nntpa.cb.att.com> lou2@cbnews.cb.att.com "louis.avrami..jr" writes: > Hi everyone, Hello! > For some reason, the TERMCAP variable has > been defined as $INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap, and TERMINFO has not > been defined, despite the fact that this is a System V machine, and > the terminfo library is inherent to the OS. This is very standard Informix practice. Informix uses TERMCAP (or rather, Informix programmers use TERMCAP) more or less by de facto default. You still need TERMINFO for vi and O/S stuff (and 90% of everything else you buy!), but Informix still sticks to TERMCAP. I think it's something to do with the fact that it's been around so long and most Informix people feel comfortable with it! :-) There is an environment variable that you can set that will make Informix use TERMINFO, but I've never heard of anyone actually doing it, so you may be haeding off into unexplored territory. Remember the cardinal rule of computing: If it works, don't touch it! :-) > Thanks, Don't mention it! :-) Cheers, Spokey the Wheeler------------------------------------------------------------- "Billy Boy" - das aufregend andere kondom! Carter - the Unstoppable Sex Machine / Wheeler - the Unstoppable Mail Machine!