On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Keith Mitchell <Keith.Mitchell at sun.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The Text Installer, being built on the curses module of Python, is expected > to work on most terminal types 'by default,' with the expectation that the > underlying Python curses module, Ncurses library, and terminfo data will > correctly handle the calls used. With that in mind, there are three terminal > types that will get explicit testing: > > sun-color > vt100 > xterm* > > *xterm getting tested is a side effect of developing the Text Installer from > a gnome desktop, and frequently running it from a gnome-terminal. > > My question is, are there any other major terminals that deserve explicit > testing?
Do you mean different values of $TERM or different implementations of terminal emulators? The terminal emulators I use regularly - gnome-terminal, xfce Terminal, xterm, and putty - all claim "xterm". They could claim something else for $TERM, and even whilst claiming the same $TERM may behave in subtly different ways. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
