Help: testing termcaps defs before installing w/ tic

[Edwin Kremer]

In article <13863 at cup.portal.com>, A-N-Onymouse at cup.portal.com (John - DeBert) writes:
	> I read somewhere that it was possible to set the TERM variable to 
	> point at a file containing terminal definitions in the user's
	> directory.
You're almost right, it's either the TERMCAP or TERMINFO environment
variable you may set.

	> I am trying to work out a usable terminal definition for my terminal 
	> before I install it in the termcap file. 
The first solutions is to do (asume you're using Bourne shell):

	TERMCAP=$HOME/etc/termcap	; export TERMCAP
	put your terminal definition over there, and edit, test etc.

If you plan to use the terminfo capabilities, you can put the termcap
definition anywhere you like. Next, set TERMINFO to a directory unequal
to the default /usr/lib/terminfo:

	TERMINFO=$HOME/lib/terminfo	; export TERMINFO
	convert termcap in terminfo (cap2info or something like that) and
	install using tic. Your terminal defs will now end up in the
	directory set by TERMINFO, and your favourite editor will surely
	look it up there.


I hope this will be of any help to you....

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