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RE: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- To: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Cc: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 01:07:09 -0400
- Subject: RE: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
Chuck,
Ok, sounds like a no-brainer. Go ahead. Should be fun ;)
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ece.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:04 AM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
>
>
> 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
>
>