From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24233 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 13:00:31 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 13:00:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 28384 invoked by alias); 18 Sep 2001 13:00:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 4245 Received: (qmail 28353 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 13:00:05 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: greux.loria.fr: lefevre set sender to vincent@vinc17.org using -f Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:59:58 +0200 From: Vincent Lefevre To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: can't find termcap info Message-ID: <20010918145958.A17178@greux.loria.fr> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk References: <20010918142514.A16873@greux.loria.fr> <20010918053813.C13299@hq.newdream.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20010918053813.C13299@hq.newdream.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-Mailer-Info: http://www.vinc17.org/mutt_eng.html On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:38:13 -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > i don't understand this fully (perhaps bart or someone can give a more > depth explanation), but i believe that unless you specifically compile > zsh with ncurses (or have a version that was compiled to work with > ncurses) it uses some sort of system of its own. I could recompile zsh, but on some accounts, it would be annoying to install another version in my $HOME. > you might try putting: > export TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo (or whatever your terminfo stuff is) This doesn't change anything (concerning zsh). > or > export TERMCAP=/etc/termcap (terminfo is better if it works) greux:~> export TERMCAP=$HOME/.termcap <14:54:42 greux:~> TERM=nettle <14:54:55 rlogin: connection closed. Why??? > you might also have to re-export $TERM - like: > > if [ "$TERM" = "nettle" ]; then > export TERM=nettle > fi This doesn't solve the problem. -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: - 100% validated HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA