From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why Cannot open termcap databases file? Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:18:04 +0100 Message-ID: <5BE0CC35-D0F2-4A6E-A110-D6E89258E037@Web.DE> References: <1136166310.641087.263520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <873bk62iho.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <1137271890.102170.172960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137273512 10703 80.91.229.2 (14 Jan 2006 21:18:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 14 22:18:29 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exsmw-0007F7-6B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:18:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exsp8-0001kn-Ga for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:20:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Exsoz-0001kJ-VL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:20:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Exsoz-0001k5-GA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:20:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exsoz-0001k2-Cj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:20:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.226] (helo=smtp08.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1ExssC-0004rL-Re for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:23:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [84.245.191.110] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.105 #340) id 1Exsmk-0000ud-00; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:18:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1137271890.102170.172960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: "Peter Djalaliev" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32650 Archived-At: Am 14.01.2006 um 21:51 schrieb Peter Djalaliev: > I saw some messages to forums onlnie about converting between termcap > and terminfo files. What are they, which one do I need? termcap is the system coming from BSD. terminfo is SysV, its files can be found in /usr/share/terminfo. The termcap entries are ASCII, terminfo is binary, compiled. tic, tack, toe, captoinfo, infotocap are binaries from terminfo. You can try an 'apropos terminfo' ... -- Greetings Pete To be is to do. -- I. Kant To do is to be. -- A. Sartre Yabba-Dabba-Doo! -- F. Flintstone