Re: IX realted TERMCAP question
Jonathan Leffler (johnl@godzilla) wrote: : >From: kundrat@hron.ef.tuke.sk (Kundrat Peter) : >Subject: IX realted TERMCAP question : >Date: 8 Sep 1994 14:16:06 GMT : >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.8550> : >Ad 1: : > In TERMCAP there are entries for function key labels (l0 ...). : > I am interested, if there is a way of accessing or using those : > labels from 4gl? : Not that I am aware of. : >Ad 2: : > In termcap supplied with INFORMIX there are some entries (which arent : > documented anywhere (Ref. guide mentions only ZA,gs,ge,gb entries). : > Could i find descriptions of those entries anywhere ? : No, because they aren't valid and have no significance even to Informix : termcap. : > captoinfo shouted that these are not valid names for termcap entries: : > 11,12,13,14,BO,DS,EE,G1,G2,G3,G4,GC,GD,GE,GH,GL,GR,GS,GU,GV,HE,HI,Hc,Hf, : > Hi,Hr,Hu,KA,KB,KC,KE,KF,KG,KM,KN,KP,KQ,Ka,Kb,Kd,Kg,Ki,Pe,Po,RT,ZA,ZB,ZG, : > cD,ca,dn,gb,ge,gs,kB,kG,kK,kX,kY,t0,t1,t2,t3,t4,xv : Captoinfo is correct. I don't know why those capabilities are cluttering : up the Informix termcap entries. There is a pair of bugs B24936 and B24937 : which relate to this (they are a pair to ensure that both the Engines group : and the Tools group have to deal with the problem). I will add your more : extensive list of redundant capabilities to the list in the bug report. : Yours, : Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> Jonathan, The only time I ever used the termcap supplied with Informix was on a DG Aviion which ships with -NO- /etc/termcap at all. We try to maintain a reasonable set to use on all machines. I agree with you, the one they supply is pretty wierd. One very interesting thing I bumped heads with them on was the inconsistent use of TERMINFO across various platforms. I asked why they didn't use TERMINFO on DG/UX or AIX and they said the supplied TERMINFO stuff from the vendor wasn't standard, or complete, or ??? They were not specific at all about the problem. What I can't understand is how "standard" does it have to be to support cursor positioning and the arrow keys?!? My $.02... -Milt Webb <mfw@servantis.com> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milt Webb | email addresses> miltwebb@netcom.com Servantis Systems, Inc. | mfw@servantis.com 4411 East Jones Bridge Road | mfw@atl.fujikura.com Norcross, GA 30092 | Phone 404/840-1365(W) or 404/945-5896(H)