*- On 25 Aug, Benjamin Low wrote about "xterm-debain termcap?" > > Why is there a separate xterm-debian termcap entry? It is kind of > annoying, as when I brint up a shell to another (non-debian) machine > TERM is still set to 'xterm-debian', which of course the other box > doesn't know about... > > Setting the XTerm.termName xresource to 'xterm' works around the > problem, however you seem to lose the use of (at least) the 'Home' and > 'End' keys. > > What is the difference between xterm and xterm-debian, and indeed > xterm-xfree86 which is also present in /etc/termacap/x/? >
All the information should be in /usr/doc/xterm/README.Debian, including solutions for non-Debian machines. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------

