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- From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:49:25 GMT
- Subject: Re: termcap for hpterm
- Message-ID: <28510362@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <ITKIN.92Nov16112553@jade.itd.nrl.navy.mil>
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- mjo@slee01.srl.ford.com (Mike O'Connor) writes:
-
- >In article <28510357@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com
- >(Frank Slootweg CRC) writes:
- >
- >:> Has anyone created a working termcap entry for hpterm?
- >:
- >: I have not done/tested this and it is not supported (HP-UX is a SVID
- >:compliant system, which does not need termcap), but for historical
- >
- >I take it then that HP expects we'll only be talking to SVID systems.
- >Lovely.
-
- A little bit more positive approach wouldn't do any harm, would it?
-
- Like in the other "Lovely." string: I don't see what the problem is.
-
- hpterm itself runs on a HP-UX system, right? (It is not available on
- non-HP-UX systems. Why? Because most customers say (read: think) it is
- not needed (NIH, proprietary and all that jazz).).
-
- The application either runs on an HP-UX system or on a non-HP-UX
- system, right?
-
- - Application runs on HP-UX system: No problem, use HP supplied terminfo.
-
- - Application runs on non-HP-UX system. Since multiple suppliers are
- involved (probably) no single company *supports* the combination
- (hpterm+terminfo/termcap+application+system), so it is a matter of
- "Can the user get it to work?" :
-
- - System uses terminfo: No problem, "steal" terminfo entry from HP-UX
- terminfo directory.
- - System uses termcap: No problem, "steal" previously mentioned
- termcap entry from HP-UX /etc/newconfig/termcap.
-
- So, what's the problem?
-
- Frank Slootweg, HP, Dutch Customer Response Center
-