On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Atom Smasher wrote:
> :co#80:it#8:li#24:Co#64:pa#32717:\
==========
make that: Co#256:pa#32767:
still some residual weirdness around termcap vs terminfo... note that the
termcap and terminfo arrays are zsh specific.
% print ${TERM}
rxvt
% print ${terminfo[colors]}
256
% print ${termcap[colors]}
105
% tput colors
105
so now any updates to the system termcap file are reflected through the
terminfo system, but *not* through the termcap system. tput uses termcap.
got it!!! i think....
% print ${termcap[colors]}
105
% print ${termcap[Co]}
256
% tput colors Co
105
256
freebsd's tput, it seems, is getting confused between "colors" and "Co".
ok... on both freeBSD and linux (ubuntu), zsh's termcap[colors] is
~actually~ returning the columns in the terminal. on freeBSD (but not
linux) `tput colors` is also showing the columns, not the colors. on
freeBSD `tput Co` does show the colors, but on linux it chokes. something
is screwy, and i'm not even sure if this is a bug in freeBSD's tput or
linux's tput.
in zsh's termcap array (on BSD or linux) i can specify "colors", "co",
"co_foobar" or whatever, and it's actually telling me "termcap[co]" which
is columns. freeBSD's tput is doing the same thing (but on linux it chokes
if extra stuff is appended to the capability name). linux's tput is
converting "colors" on the command line to "Co" in the capabilities. but
maybe it's *not* a bug, but rather an incompatibility: freeBSD's tput is
documented as using termcap, linux's tput is documented as using terminfo.
i guess i shouldn't really expect them to take the same capability
arguments in the same format (although it would be convenient). ok, so i
guess it's not a bug, just a false assumption that tput behaves the same
on freeBSD and linux.
i'm done thinking out loud now...
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