old/unupdated xterm entries in termcap db
Gary Jennejohn
gary.jennejohn at freenet.de
Thu Dec 10 12:51:08 UTC 2009
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:42:22 +0100
Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> wrote:
> But if someone is interested in updating the entries in the termcap file
> to something newer (but no 256 colors), please do! Patches welcome! I
> will even MFC it! Our current entry for xterm isn't entirely compatible
> with Apple's Terminal.app either. I've noticed that an Erase Line (EL,
> ^[[K) with xterm uses the terminal's selected attributes to blank the
> terminal, while Apple's implementation uses the default terminal
> attributes (i.e. black background).
>
IIRC there was a patch in the original post which may be a good starting point.
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Gary Jennejohn
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