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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,sco.opendesktop,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Alternate character modes on magic_cookie_glitch terminals (long)
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.044613.3614@NCoast.ORG>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 91 04:46:13 GMT
References: <9103100200.aa15841@xenitec.on.ca>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR)
Followup-To: comp.terminals
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As quoted from <9103100200.aa15841@xenitec.on.ca> by theo@rascal:
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| Again, thanks very much for the advice, I have removed the xmc entry from
| my terminfo source and all works great, except and wait for it, every time
| I emit wattroff I get a '%' on the screen! Yes it does appear that the double
| percentage in the rmacs and sgr0 sequences are _not_ required!
+---------------

Correct.  You need only use a double % when the sequence is parameterized; see
the terminfo man page.  In particular, "sgr" is parameterized but "rmacs" and
"sgr0" are not.

++Brandon
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