Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!twg!bill
From: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi question - unknown terminal type
Keywords: vi, termcap
Message-ID: <967@twg.bc.ca>
Date: 28 Feb 91 22:06:07 GMT
References: <1991Jan31.160558.815@lonex.radc.af.mil>
Reply-To: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Organization: The Westrheim Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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ratazzie@lonex.radc.af.mil (Edward P. Ratazzi) writes:

} Recently, I added some new termcap entries to the end of our /etc/termcap
} file.  Everything seems to work O.K. with these terminals, EXCEPT vi.
} When vi is started, we get an 'Unknown terminal type' message.  The terminal
} name IS in /etc/termcap.  Where else does vi look?  What might be the problem?

I've also seen situations where a previous termcap description
does not terminate correctly, thereby including your new terminal
definition as part of the previous one.

The way to verify if this is your problem is to move your new
entry to the top of the termcap file, making it the first entry
read.  If you still have the unknown terminal problem, then this
wasn't the cause of it.

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