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From: rd@tarpit.UUCP (Bob Thrush)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: term.c for rn on uport 286
Summary: It's really a problem with the termcap emulation.
Keywords: rn, term.c
Message-ID: <316@tarpit.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 88 04:35:13 GMT
References: <102@swamps.UUCP>
Reply-To: rd@tarpit.UUCP (Bob Thrush)
Organization: Automation Intelligence,Inc; Orlando,FL
Lines: 41

In article <102@swamps.UUCP> val@swamps.UUCP (val) writes:
>I am wondering if anyone has modified the rn term.c for use with
>Microport SV/AT.  Would someone be kind enough to mail me a copy?
>Thanks.
>					-Val Christian
>...rutgers!rochester!kodak!swamps!val
>...killer!swamps!val

I am using V/AT 2.3.1 and found that the curses function `tgetstr'
was not working correctly.  Your mileage may vary with the 2.4
version.  I discovered that the following patch would work around 
the curses problem:

------------ snip here -----------

*** term.c	Fri Nov 21 17:39:32 1986
--- term.c.uport	Sat Nov 19 23:28:06 1988
***************
*** 33,39 ****
--- 33,45 ----
  /* guarantee capability pointer != Nullch */
  /* (I believe terminfo will ignore the &tmpaddr argument.) */
  
+ #define MICROPORT_286_CURSES_BUG
+ 
+ #ifdef MICROPORT_286_CURSES_BUG
+ #define Tgetstr(key) ((tmpstr = tgetstr(key,tcarea)) ? tmpstr : nullstr)
+ #else
  #define Tgetstr(key) ((tmpstr = tgetstr(key,&tmpaddr)) ? tmpstr : nullstr)
+ #endif MICROPORT_286_CURSES_BUG
  
  #ifdef PUSHBACK
  struct keymap {

------------ and here -----------

Hope this helps.

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Bob Thrush                 UUCP: {rtmvax,ucf-cs}!tarpit!rd
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