From: vischne AT ibm DOT net Subject: The right termcap file makes a difference 29 Oct 1997 18:12:40 -0800 Message-ID: <199710292235.WAA46314.cygnus.gnu-win32@out1.ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I've noticed that the GNU Midnight Commander program (mc.exe) does an excellent job of painting the text screen in color, with no spurious characters or unpainted regions. So, out of curiosity, I ran the tic program on the terminfo entries that come with the mc distribution, and substituted the resulting termcap file for the one presently in c:\etc. If you use the `xterm-color' entry, after doing `set TERM=xterm-color' in autoexec.bat or in a DOS window prior to calling bash.exe, there is a noticeable improvement in the way the screen in painted under such applications as lynx.exe and slrn.exe. The result is not perfect; there are still unpainted areas. But, there is a drastic reduction in spurious characters from previous screens. Π- For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".