X Windows and terminfo

Hugh Daniel hugh at hoptoad.uucp
Wed Nov 2 19:30:49 AEST 1988


jjd at bbn.com (James J Dempsey) wrote:
> I also assume this implies that you can't use tic on A/UX 1.0 if your
> terminal description has a "use=" in it.  Otherwise, the X Consortium
> would not have resorted to including the precompiled files with X11R3.

  I have used the program captoinfo on the NeWS termcaps to generate
the terminfo source that I distribute wiht MacNews.  Both the nterm and
the psterm terminfos have use= in them and tic has no problem with them.

                ||ugh Daniel
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