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Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- To: Harold Hunt <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 01:03:40 -0400
- Subject: Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
- References: <NHEELHJHHFKPMAEAFMFCAEJPCNAA.huntharo@msu.edu>
Harold Hunt wrote:
>>>I maintain the ncurses and terminfo packages for cygwin. I've been
>>>wondering, should I update the "official" cygwin terminfo entry for
>>>xterm using the XFree86-4.2.0 one?
>>>
>
> I have no idea what the terminfo entries do... I'm sure you'll make a very
> wise decision. I'm leaving this entirely up to you. Just let me know the
> expected effects of any change.
If I use the XFree86 terminfo entry in our official terminfo package,
then ncurses-based code will be able to make better use of the extended
features in the XFree86 xterm.
However, if someone were to use a NON XFree86 xterm on their cygwin
machine, then the additional features exposed by the XFree86 terminfo
entry would not actually be supported by the xterm.exe they were using.
How likely is it that someone would use a NON-XFree86-provided xterm.exe
on a cygwin platform? Not very, IMO.
To me, this is a nobrainer -- use the XFree86 xterm terminfo entry. The
only reason I haven't done so, is that XFree86 was not "officially"
available via the setup.exe-based installation.
--Chuck