Re: Keypad Application/Numeric Mode

Posted in 1991

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Wed, 27 Nov 91 02:00:12 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!daffodil!cs.odu.edu!bander From: bander@cs.odu.edu (Jim Bander) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Summary: Keep 2 termcaps Message-ID: <1991Nov27.043056.12430@cs.odu.edu> Date: 27 Nov 91 04:30:56 GMT References: <1991Nov20.225504.26829@mdd.comm.mot.com> <2411@endor.das.harvard.edu.harvard.edu> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu (News File Owner) Organization: Tidewater Consultants, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA Nntp-Posting-Host: aethelbehrt.cs.odu.edu In article <2411@endor.das.harvard.edu.harvard.edu> bochner@das.harvard.edu (Harry Bochner) writes: >This is undoubtedly part of why Informix distributes its own termcap file for you >to use, in ~informix/etc. Their entry has no "ks" capability, avoiding the problem. BUT it lacks a capability that gnu emacs requires. So we end up with >this: > [termcap entry deleted] > >The problem that remains is that (if you leave this in ~informix/etc, as I do) >you have to remember to fiddle with it again everytime you upgrade Informix :-( Just keep 2 termcap files: ~informix/etc/termcap (as shipped) will work with informix, and /etc/termcap will work with emacs and programs you link with -lcurses.