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From: pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: how do I add new termINFO entries?
Message-ID: <2400019@kailand>
Date: 15 Sep 88 00:24:00 GMT
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Nf-From: kailand.KAI.COM!pwolfe    Sep 14 19:24:00 1988


The "pcomm" program posted to comp.sources.unix does work on Sequent hosts
with the SVAE (System V Applications Environment).  You have to compile it in
the AT&T universe (use his getopt routine, don't link in a getopt that you
use in the bsd universe):

	att make

but to be able to execute it from the ucb universe, make a symbolic link to
the SVAE terminfo library:

	ln -s /usr/att/usr/lib/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo

Can someone tell me how to "compile" terminfo definitions?  The AT&T
"terminfo" manpage in section 4 briefly mentions the "compile" routine of
curses, but I can find no further information.

Specifically, I want to add terminal definitions for our Televideo TVS922
vt200 compatibles (sure the vt100 definition WORKS, but it doesn't have
insert line, insert character, delete line, delete character, and all the
local modifications that I've made to our termcap entries).