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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
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Subject: Re: Looking for termcap entry for Zterm
Keywords: zterm termcap terminfo unix
Message-ID: <1991May1.002620.16156@oswego.oswego.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 00:26:20 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.161928.22100@progress.com>
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In article <1991Apr29.161928.22100@progress.com> erf@progress.COM (Eric Feigenson) writes:
>I need a termcap (terminfo would do, as well) for Unix that describes Zterm.
>I know vt100 emulation "works" but the vt100 (and ansi) termcap entries on 
>the systems I use force the window size to 24 lines, which is a bummer if my
>window size has 58 lines (which it usually does).  

Here's a 40 line termcap; just change the li# variable to any other size
you want (or the co# variable to any desired width).

vt100-40:\
	:cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:co#80:li#40:cl=50\E[;H\E[2J:\
	:le=^H:bs:am:cm=5\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=2\E[C:up=2\E[A:\
	:ce=3\E[K:cd=50\E[J:so=2\E[7m:se=2\E[m:us=2\E[4m:ue=2\E[m:\
	:md=2\E[1m:mr=2\E[7m:mb=2\E[5m:me=2\E[m:is=\E[1;24r\E[24;1H:\
	:rs=\E>\E[?3l\E[?4l\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
	:rf=/usr/lib/tabset/vt100:ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\
	:ho=\E[H:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:sr=5\EM:vt#3:xn:\
	:sc=\E7:rc=\E8:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:BO=\E[1m:EE=\E[m:\
	:KM=/usr/lib/ua/kmap.vt100:


Put this, and any other termcaps you'll want in a file named "termcap"
in your home directory.  With sh or ksh you do a 

	TERMCAP=$HOME/termcap;export TERMCAP
	TERM=vt100-40

I'll leave it to someone else to RTFM and come up with the proper csh
environment variables....

To further confuse things, some programs use termcap and others use terminfo.
Try the termcap stuff above and see if vi, more, rn, etc all work.  If not,
then you'll need to do the following:

1. Make a terminfo directory in your home directory:

	mkdir terminfo
	mkdir terminfo/v

2. Copy the standard vt100 termcap into it:

	cp /usr/lib/terminfo/v/vt100 terminfo/v

You will also need to create lettered subdirectories and copy any additional
terminfo's you use to them (this is because you'll be replacing the 
system's standard /usr/lib/terminfo entries with your own custom database).

3. Here's a terminfo file for a 40-line vt100.  Save it into a file called
"vt100-40.ti":


vt100-40|,
	mir, msgr, cr=^M, cud1=^J, ind=^J, bel=^G, cols#80, lines#40, it#8,
	clear=\E[H\E[J$<50>, cub1=^H, am, cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH$<5>,
	cuf1=\E[C$<2>, cuu1=\E[A$<2>, el=\E[K$<3>, el1=\E[1K$<3>, ed=\E[J$<50>,
	cud=\E[%p1%dB, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, 
	smso=\E[1;7m$<2>, rmso=\E[m$<2>, smul=\E[4m$<2>, rmul=\E[m$<2>,
	bold=\E[1m$<2>, rev=\E[7m$<2>, blink=\E[5m$<2>, sgr0=\E[m^O$<2>,
	sgr=\E[0%?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;m%?%p9%t^N%e^O%;,
	rs2=\E>\E[?3l\E[?4l\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>,
	enacs=\E(B\E)0, smacs=^N, rmacs=^O,
	acsc=``aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
	tbc=\E[3g, hts=\EH, home=\E[H, ht=^I, ri=\EM$<5>,
	kcuu1=\EOA, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcub1=\EOD, kbs=^H,


4. Now compile the new terminfo listing:

	tic vt100-40.ti

Copy the compiled terminfo to ~/terminfo/v and you should be all set.

5.  Again, you'll need to add the following to your .profile:

	TERMINFO=$HOME/terminfo;export TERMINFO
	TERM=vt100-40

I *think* these are right.... at least they work for me.  Of course, if
you have root access on the unix machine, you can just add the termcap &
terminfo entries to the system's database.

BTW, the name vt100-40 was arbitrary - you can call your new terminal
description anything you want.  If you want more than 40 lines, just
set the "li#" (for termcap) or the "lines#" (for terminfo) to any value
you desire.

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