Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 09:28:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: James Gaba <gaba AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: emacs termcap database
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On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, James Gaba wrote:

> i compiled emacs-19.34 but when run it, i get the following message:
> 
> emacs: cannot open termcap database file.
> 
> could someone tell me what this means?  thanks.

Do you have the TERM environment variable defined?  If you do, Emacs 
tries to use it like it would on Unix.  Either undefine $TERM altogether 
or edit your DJGPP.ENV file to include these two lines:

	[emacs]
	TERM=internal