Re: How to set TERMINFO on SCO

Dirk Scheer wrote: > > Hello out there, > > I've problems setting TERMINFO or TERMCAP on SCO 3.2v5.0.4 and INFORMIX-Online > 7.22.UC3. When displaying a form with ISQL all is working well. But if I hit > the INTERRUPT-KEY in a form, the screen is messed up (the menu is shown in > the middle of the screen). After pressing <CTRL>+R the screen is shown > correctly. So I've tried several settings, but with no success: > > 1) INFORMIXTERM=termcap > TERMCAP=$INFORMIXDIR/etc/termcap > TERM=vt100 > > 2) INFORMIXTERM=terminfo > TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo > TERM=vt100 > > I've set TERM to vt100 or vt220 or vt320, but there is always the same > effect... > > When starting a 4GL-program, the screen is not messed up when pressing the > INTERRUPT-KEY in a form, but at the position of the cursor is a "[6;71H" > displayed. > > We have several other machines of other vendors (HP, Motorola, Olivetti) where > these problems do not occur. > > Can anybody help me??? I'm getting mad... > > Thanks in advance > Dirk > > Stadtverwaltung Muelheim an der Ruhr > Ruhrstr. 32 > 45468 Muelheim an der Ruhr > > Tel 0208/455 1006 > Fax 0208/455 58 1006 > eMail dirk.scheer@stadt-mh.de Yeah, use the /etc/termcap and set TERM to ansi. That should work. It could be a timing problem with your terminal. Look in the termcap man page to find out about those numbers at the beginning of some entries - they're delays. I think ISQL clears the screen on interrupt - maybe your terminal is slow on that op? Termcap is a wonderful time-waster! -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk --- My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.co.uk/