On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Rod Roark wrote: > > As I recall, vte (the terminal widget used by gnome-terminal) was designed > > to read a termcap file and configure itself... > > Would that be a source tweak? I can't find any command line...
OK, here's all I know. The README for vte says: "You could say that VTE is something of a research project of mine, based on the simple question: 'if programs can use a termcap file (through either libtermcap or curses or ncurses) to determine how to drive a terminal, why can't a terminal emulator use a termcap file to determine how to behave?'" Some source spelunking finds an API function: /** * vte_terminal_set_emulation: * @terminal: a #VteTerminal * @emulation: the name of a terminal description * * Sets what type of terminal the widget attempts to emulate by scanning * for control sequences defined in the system's termcap file. Unless you * are interested in this feature, always use "xterm". * */ void vte_terminal_set_emulation(VteTerminal *terminal, const char *emulation) grepping for "vte_terminal_set_emulation" in gnome-terminal finds nothing, so I guess you're right, source tweaks would be needed. If you don't want to modify gnome-terminal, there is also a sample terminal application that comes with vte itself, which might be easier to hack on. --- Josh Parsons Philosophy Department 1238 Social Sciences and Humanities Bldg. University of California Davis, CA 95616-8673 USA Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
