Re: termcap, TERM, vi and cygwin

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
:> DF's termcap needs to be changed. But racing all possible terminal 
:> (emulators) to grab their changes is a definite no-go. There is such a 
:
:Could a process be established for updating termcap so anyone who wants to upgrade 
:DF's termcap, for their preferred terminal emulator, could submit a change?
    
    That could get kinda messy.  It might be easier, for now, to simply
    put a check in your .cshrc to set the TERMCAP to something specific
    based on the value of TERM. e.g.

    if ( "$TERM" = "fubar" ) then
	setenv TERMCAP "thetermcapforterm"
    endif

    I have no problem adding entries to /etc/termcap if they are 
    reasonably standard (not just individually customized entries but
    things that correspond to a particular terminal emulator like xterm).

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>