Most modern systems don't use termcap, they use terminfo. If your system is using termcap, I'd report a bug. :-)
The "xterm" termcap is designed for xterm. Eterm is a vt102 emulator, not an xterm emulator, and thus has its own terminfo file. The terminfo file currently in CVS is the one recommended for use with Eterm.
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Yes, but it reports itself as an xterm in the environment, and so everyone treats it like an xterm. So, now, I'm getting problems with moving my cursor around, like when I control-a, control-k to erase the line I was typing, the prompt gets stuffed on the end and it becomes difficult to see what I am writing.
I dunno, maybe I'm just smoking crack or something...
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If your system contains a buggy terminfo file for "xterm," try a different $TERM value. You can use "xterm-color," "xterm-debian" (on Debian), "rxvt," or "linux" with varying degrees of success. But as I said before, the Eterm terminfo file from 0.9.1 is the most accurate.
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XFree86 4.0 has new and extended termcap specifications for the included xterm. Will Eterm take advantage of these changes?
Eterm broke when I placed the new termcap for xterm for use under XF864.
Thanks in advance.
Most modern systems don't use termcap, they use terminfo. If your system is using termcap, I'd report a bug. :-)
The "xterm" termcap is designed for xterm. Eterm is a vt102 emulator, not an xterm emulator, and thus has its own terminfo file. The terminfo file currently in CVS is the one recommended for use with Eterm.
Yes, but it reports itself as an xterm in the environment, and so everyone treats it like an xterm. So, now, I'm getting problems with moving my cursor around, like when I control-a, control-k to erase the line I was typing, the prompt gets stuffed on the end and it becomes difficult to see what I am writing.
I dunno, maybe I'm just smoking crack or something...
If your system contains a buggy terminfo file for "xterm," try a different $TERM value. You can use "xterm-color," "xterm-debian" (on Debian), "rxvt," or "linux" with varying degrees of success. But as I said before, the Eterm terminfo file from 0.9.1 is the most accurate.