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From: kendy@ism780c.isc.com (Ken Dye)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Terminfo sucks!! Any programs to translate 'cap into 'info?
Keywords: tvi965
Message-ID: <44490@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 27 Jun 90 19:25:14 GMT
References: <1990Jun26.211031.6308@uunet!unhd>
Reply-To: kendy@ism.isc.com (Ken Dye)
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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In article <1990Jun26.211031.6308@uunet!unhd> rg@unhd.UUCP (Roger Gonzalez ) writes:
>I have been unable to translate my termcap entry for my new tvi965
>into terminfo format.  I need to do this because the version of vi
>that we run uses curses with terminfo.  I use Emacs, but everybody
>else uses vi.  Is there an automated way to accomplish what I want?

	believe it or don't "captoinfo" is the program you want.
Most sysV systems I've seen come with it, perhaps in /usr/lib or
/etc, /lbin /urs/lbin or /usr/local, look around.  I have no idea
where to get sources (or even if they are available).

--Ken
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