Re: Termcap broken?

2002-09-08 Thread Terry Lambert
Adam Kranzel wrote: > I'm getting the error "Terminal must backspace." when trying to run > Slash'EM (a Nethack-derived game). I'm not sure what's gotten broken, > but if I copy over the termcap and termcap.db from a 4.6-STABLE machine > (of mid-August), it works again. Any suggestions on how to

Termcap broken?

2002-09-08 Thread Adam Kranzel
Hi... I'm getting the error "Terminal must backspace." when trying to run Slash'EM (a Nethack-derived game). I'm not sure what's gotten broken, but if I copy over the termcap and termcap.db from a 4.6-STABLE machine (of mid-August), it works again. Any suggestions on how to fix this? My TERM en

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-09-02 Thread Alex Zepeda
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 01:46:05PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > This is *totally* UNTRUE: > > /usr/local/bin//mutt: > libslang.so => /usr/local/lib/libslang.so (0x280e5000) > libm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libm.so.2 (0x28148000) > libssl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libssl.so.2 (0x28167000)

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-09-02 Thread Vladimir B.
÷ Sat, 31.08.2002, × 02:04, Jens Schweikhardt ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 05:03:17PM +0400, Vladimir B. Grebenschikov wrote: > # ? Wed, 28.08.2002, ? 23:46, Bruce A. Mah ???: > # > If memory serves me right, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # > > # > > # Do you have time to commit mention o

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-31 Thread David O'Brien
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 02:06:54PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 28), Jens Schweikhardt said: > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:35:32PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > # On (2002/08/28 19:04), Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > # > Yes, use plain TERM=xterm. It's got color now as it s

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-31 Thread David O'Brien
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:06:40PM +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # Mutt shows this when I start vi as my editor or run fetchmail: > # > # "TERMCAP", line 0, terminal 'xterm-color': enter_alt_charset_mode but no acs_chars > # > # My centericq window ends up using pipe signs (|), minus signs (

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-31 Thread David O'Brien
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 09:41:05PM +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > 20020827: >Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm >almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default. >If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use >

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-31 Thread Jens Schweikhardt
... # > # and midnight commander shows all with -, +, | instead of # > # pesudo-graphics. # > # > It seems this is the price we pay for alignment with what XFree86 ships. # # I see Wait, maybe I was too fast and there is a solution. Looking at the xterm FAQ, http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.fa

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Андрей Чернов
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 22:12:33 -0400, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > And the author of xterm has widely criticised FreeBSD's incorrect > handling of other attributes. To the point where he has documented the > brokeness in his FAQ, and specifically advises to use the termcap > supplied with 'xterm'

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Andy Sparrow
> > IMHO, it has been corrected, and was incorrect before. > > I mean, corrected for ACS characters (pseudo-graphics), which are correct > before. Read complains above. I believe that these are fixed by not using an incorrect termtype (e.g. 'xterm-color', which refers to another terminal type

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Андрей Чернов
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 21:47:16 -0400, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 00:04:44 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > > # and midnight commander shows all with -, +, | instead of > > > # pesudo-graphics. > > > > > > It seems this is the price we pay for alignment with what XFree86

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Andy Sparrow
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 00:04:44 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > # and midnight commander shows all with -, +, | instead of > > # pesudo-graphics. > > > > It seems this is the price we pay for alignment with what XFree86 ships. > > > > We don't need to pay, if entries will be _really_ cor

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Андрей Чернов
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 00:04:44 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # and midnight commander shows all with -, +, | instead of > # pesudo-graphics. > > It seems this is the price we pay for alignment with what XFree86 ships. > We don't need to pay, if entries will be _really_ corrected instead o

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-30 Thread Jens Schweikhardt
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 05:03:17PM +0400, Vladimir B. Grebenschikov wrote: # ? Wed, 28.08.2002, ? 23:46, Bruce A. Mah ???: # > If memory serves me right, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: # > # > > # Do you have time to commit mention of it to UPDATING? If so, please # > > # draw Bruce Mah's attenti

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-29 Thread Vladimir B.
÷ Wed, 28.08.2002, × 23:46, Bruce A. Mah ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: > If memory serves me right, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > > # Do you have time to commit mention of it to UPDATING? If so, please > > # draw Bruce Mah's attention to the delta so that he can steal your text > > # for use in the release notes. If

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Bruce A. Mah
If memory serves me right, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # Do you have time to commit mention of it to UPDATING? If so, please > # draw Bruce Mah's attention to the delta so that he can steal your text > # for use in the release notes. If not, I'll get around to it eventually. > # :-) > > I just

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Jens Schweikhardt
Sheldon, # > Maybe you have a stale termcap.db? # # Argh, how stupid of me. Stupid is who does stupid things :-) # I tried removing TERM=xterm-color without rolling forward to your latest # version where xterm has colour support! # # Your fix works great, thanks. # # Do you have time to comm

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On (2002/08/28 20:32), Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # > Yes, use plain TERM=xterm. It's got color now as it should. I'm > # > thinking of removing xterm-color if I can't resolve the > # > enter_alt_charset_mode stuff. Let me know if TERM=xterm does not > # > work as expected in mutt et al. I'll po

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 28), Jens Schweikhardt said: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:35:32PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > # On (2002/08/28 19:04), Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > # > Yes, use plain TERM=xterm. It's got color now as it should. I'm > # > thinking of removing xterm-color if I can't resolve

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Jens Schweikhardt
Sheldon, On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:35:32PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: # On (2002/08/28 19:04), Jens Schweikhardt wrote: # # > Yes, use plain TERM=xterm. It's got color now as it should. I'm thinking # > of removing xterm-color if I can't resolve the enter_alt_charset_mode # > stuff. Let me kno

Re: CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Jens Schweikhardt
Dear all, On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 02:48:21PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: # Hi Jens, # # I just updated to the latest -current and my TERM=xterm-color applications # (mutt and centericq) are broken. # # Mutt shows this when I start vi as my editor or run fetchmail: # # "TERMCAP", line 0, termin

CURRENT's termcap broken

2002-08-28 Thread Sheldon Hearn
Hi Jens, I just updated to the latest -current and my TERM=xterm-color applications (mutt and centericq) are broken. Mutt shows this when I start vi as my editor or run fetchmail: "TERMCAP", line 0, terminal 'xterm-color': enter_alt_charset_mode but no acs_chars My centericq window ends up usi