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Subject: Re: termcap fix for solaris dterm
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On 2000-10-27 forddavi@msu.edu said:
   >can anyone tell me a quick way to fix the termcap entry - so that
   >when i have a telnet session to minix open on a solaris dterm
   >terminal i can properly do vi and it won't complain?  currently, i
   >have to use xterm, which is ok, except it's limited to something
   >like 25 rows, and this is no good for programming...also my xterm
   >in solaris doesn't keep a scrolling history (whereas dterm does).
   >any suggestions / fixes i can use to make it more programming
   >friendly for me?
   >i am no terminal expert by any means.
   >thanks,
   >davis
You can find the dterm entry in Solaris /etc/termcap and copy it to the
Minix machine.  Either append it to /etc/termcap, or put it in your home
directory and set the variable TERMCAP to that filename.  If dterm contains
references to other termcap entries, you might have to copy them too.

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