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Subject: termcaps vs terminfo
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Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 00:57:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 00:57:39 1987
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I have a problem on my 3B2.  It seems there is a terminal listed in the
/etc/termcap file, but not in the /usr/lib/terminfo files.  Therefore,
when you set the TERM to this terminal and VI, it says unkown termdef.
The format the termcap is in is not the same as the terminfo file,
the manual says you must compile with curses, but it doesn't say how.

What I would like to do is take the termdef in termcap and compile it and
put it in the /usr/lib/terminfo.

Can anyone help?    Thanks for any help, Jeff Beer, UUCJEFF@ECNCDC