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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn
  2. From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.terminals
  4. Subject: Re: Terminfo databases free?
  5. Message-ID: <19598@smoke.brl.mil>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 15:02:59 GMT
  7. References: <C1CCHp.4MF@rex.uokhsc.edu>
  8. Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Lab, APG MD.
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  11. In article <C1CCHp.4MF@rex.uokhsc.edu> benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu writes:
  12. >      One thing in particular I need to resolve is that our
  13. >Data General AViiON defines el1=\E[1K for vt100.  Our other
  14. >UNIX's don't.  The thing is, when this is defined like that,
  15. >this editor Joe doesn't work.  
  16.  
  17. Not surprising since the VT100 does not have a "clear to BOL"
  18. capability (termcap "cb" = terminfo "el1").  You should translate
  19. the VT100 termcap I have posted from time to time into terminfo
  20. and use that instead.
  21.