On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 03:44:51PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Well, I'm afraid I don't have any such entry in my termcap file. I do,
> however, have this one:
sigh - xterm's distribution includes a termcap which can be added (up front)
to the /etc/termcap file.
> xterm-color|xterm-co|xterm with ANSI colors:\
> :pa#64:Co#8:AF=\E[3%dm:AB=\E[4%dm:op=\E[39;49m:tc=xterm:
>
> This implies to me that xterm-color _is_ a valid setting. When I try
> setting TERM="xterm-xfree86" or just xterm-xfree86, I get the
> following:
>
> Error opening terminal: xterm-xfree86.
>
> Which implies that xterm-xfree86 is an invalid setting for the TERM
> variable.
>
> To quote the man xterm:
yes (I note that ``xterm-color'' is not mentioned either)
The real answer is this:
infocmp xterm-xfree86 xterm-color
comparing xterm-xfree86 to xterm-color.
comparing booleans.
OTbs: F:T.
bce: T:F.
mc5i: T:F.
npc: T:F.
comparing numbers.
comparing strings.
blink: '\E[5m', NULL.
cbt: '\E[Z', NULL.
civis: '\E[?25l', NULL.
cnorm: '\E[?25h', NULL.
ech: '\E[%p1%dX', NULL.
el1: '\E[1K', NULL.
enacs: '\E(B\E)0', '\E)0'.
flash: '\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l', NULL.
hpa: '\E[%i%p1%dG', NULL.
ich: '\E[%p1%d@', NULL.
invis: '\E[8m', NULL.
is2: '\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>', '\E7\E[r\E[m\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E8\E>'.
kDC: '\E[3;2~', NULL.
kEND: '\EO2F', NULL.
kHOM: '\EO2H', NULL.
kIC: '\E[2;2~', NULL.
kLFT: '\EO2D', NULL.
kNXT: '\E[6;2~', NULL.
kPRV: '\E[5;2~', NULL.
kRIT: '\EO2C', NULL.
kb2: '\EOE', NULL.
kcbt: '\E[Z', NULL.
kend: '\EOF', NULL.
kent: '\EOM', NULL.
kf1: '\EOP', '\E[11~'.
kf13: '\EO2P', '\E[25~'.
kf14: '\EO2Q', '\E[26~'.
kf15: '\EO2R', '\E[28~'.
kf16: '\EO2S', '\E[29~'.
kf17: '\E[15;2~', '\E[31~'.
kf18: '\E[17;2~', '\E[32~'.
kf19: '\E[18;2~', '\E[33~'.
kf2: '\EOQ', '\E[12~'.
kf20: '\E[19;2~', '\E[34~'.
kf21: '\E[20;2~', NULL.
kf22: '\E[21;2~', NULL.
kf23: '\E[23;2~', NULL.
kf24: '\E[24;2~', NULL.
kf25: '\EO5P', NULL.
kf26: '\EO5Q', NULL.
kf27: '\EO5R', NULL.
kf28: '\EO5S', NULL.
kf29: '\E[15;5~', NULL.
kf3: '\EOR', '\E[13~'.
kf30: '\E[17;5~', NULL.
kf31: '\E[18;5~', NULL.
kf32: '\E[19;5~', NULL.
kf33: '\E[20;5~', NULL.
kf34: '\E[21;5~', NULL.
kf35: '\E[23;5~', NULL.
kf36: '\E[24;5~', NULL.
kf37: '\EO6P', NULL.
kf38: '\EO6Q', NULL.
kf39: '\EO6R', NULL.
kf4: '\EOS', '\E[14~'.
kf40: '\EO6S', NULL.
kf41: '\E[15;6~', NULL.
kf42: '\E[17;6~', NULL.
kf43: '\E[18;6~', NULL.
kf44: '\E[19;6~', NULL.
kf45: '\E[20;6~', NULL.
kf46: '\E[21;6~', NULL.
kf47: '\E[23;6~', NULL.
kf48: '\E[24;6~', NULL.
kfnd: NULL, '\E[1~'.
khome: '\EOH', NULL.
kslt: NULL, '\E[4~'.
mc0: '\E[i', NULL.
mc4: '\E[4i', NULL.
mc5: '\E[5i', NULL.
op: '\E[39;49m', '\E[m'.
rmam: '\E[?7l', NULL.
rmcup: '\E[?1049l', '\E[2J\E[?47l\E8'.
rmso: '\E[27m', '\E[m'.
rmul: '\E[24m', '\E[m'.
rs1: '\Ec', NULL.
rs2: '\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>', '\E7\E[r\E8\E[m\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E>'.
setb:
'\E[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m', NULL.
setf:
'\E[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m', NULL.
sgr:
'\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;',
NULL.
sgr0: '\E[m\017', '\E[m'.
smam: '\E[?7h', NULL.
smcup: '\E[?1049h', '\E7\E[?47h'.
vpa: '\E[%i%p1%dd', NULL.
> Termcap(5) entries that work with xterm include
> ``xterm,'' ``vt102,'' ``vt100'' and ``ansi,'' and xterm
> automatically searches the termcap file in this order for
> these entries and then sets the ``TERM'' and the ``TERM-
> CAP'' environment variables.
>
> and:
>
> -tn name
> This option specifies the name of the terminal
> type to be set in the TERM environment variable.
> This terminal type must exist in the termcap(5)
> database and should have li# and co# entries.
>
> So . . .
>
> What am I to do? If xterm-color works and xterm-xfree86 does not, why
> shouldn't I use xterm-color? I know why I shouldn't use xterm-xfree86
> - it just won't work :)
>
> BTW, the info I have included here applies to my FreeBSD system.
> I still get color with TERM=xterm on Mandrake - which does have the
> xterm-xfree86 entry. I suspect this whole thing really just boils
> down to whats in the termcap.
>
> In search of enlightenment . . .
>
> On 07/18/01 12:32 PM, Thomas E. Dickey sat at the `puter and typed:
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Fox Mulder wrote:
> > > i am new to this list. what will be the right setting fot xf86 if it is not
> > > xterm-color? it seems to be working fine for me..
> >
> > "xterm-xfree86"
>
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>
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