svn commit: r194628 - head/lib/ncurses/ncurses

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> writes:
> I've noticed the xterm entry we have in FreeBSD is somewhat
> inconsistent with the one from other operating systems.  [...]  Is
> this a known issue?

I don't know about that one, but our xterm entry is intentionally broken
in at least one area: it does not contain the sequences necessary to
restore the previous screen when you exit from less, top etc.  Be
prepared for a flame war if you try to fix it; apparently, some people
believe that their personal preferences are more important than
correctness, not to mention everybody else's preferences.

Is there a good reason for not using the (presumably correct and
up-to-date) termcap file that ships with ncurses?

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no