From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA10104 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 02:11:23 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA15341; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:02:34 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:02:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199604221601.MAA15504@Lyapunov.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> X-Authentication-Warning: Lyapunov.McRCIM.McGill.EDU: peta owned process doing -bs X-Authentication-Warning: Lyapunov.McRCIM.McGill.EDU: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: kazda@VNET.IBM.COM (Mike Kazda) cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu, Peter Whaite Subject: Re: zsh-2.6-beta14 on AIX with login shell problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:24:06 EDT." <9604221324.AA21352@rumor.fishkill.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:01:37 -0400 From: Peter Whaite Resent-Message-ID: <"5OUW22.0.Zl3.PswUn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/942 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu kazda@VNET.IBM.COM said: > > I just tried a co-worker's terminfo database using TERMINFO in my > ..profile BEFORE I exec the zsh beta process. All I set was the > TERMINFO variable and did not have to export TERM=$TERM as you've > indicated. Oh you dont have to reset TERM if you get TERMINFO into the environment before starting a new shell, only if you want to change it in the current shell, e.g. in .zshenv. I forgot to add I think that I am back at 2.5b10, still waiting for an official release before reinstalling. > Using his database, it works correctly. I can't really explain it, all he > added was a few keypad and function key entries to the end of the xterm ... > ... I don't see how this affects the difference I've seen on v2.5.03 and the > v2.6-beta14. There must be some difference in the code that I'm seeing, but > I'm not well versed in it to locate it. Does pointing TERMINFO to the standard data base work? How about to one which has a copy of the standard data base's xterm?