terminfo OK, but need termcap for iris-ansi-net

From: Matt Harrington <matth_at_itsa.ucsf.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:57:52 -0800 (PST)

Didn't see this covered in the archives:

I have a working terminfo entry for iris-ansi-net (SGI's terminal type)
but apparently some OSF/1 applications don't use terminfo and want a
working termcap entry.

I did "infocmp -Cr" on the SGI to get a termcap entry and I installed it
in /etc/termcap on the DEC. Now I get complaints: "Termcap entry too
long". Any ideas?

Is there a limit on how long a termcap entry can be? Here's what the SGI
spits out:

spock 118% infocmp -Cr # Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/i/iris-ansi iris-ansi|IRIS emulating 40 line ANSI
terminal (almost VT100):\
        :am:pt:\
        :co#80:it#8:li#40:kn#4:\
        :!2=\E[218q:#2=\E[143q:#4=\E[158q:%9=\E[209q:\
        :%f=\E[210q:%i=\E[167q:&7=\E[217q:*4=\E[P:*7=\E[147q:\
        :_at_7=\E[146q:_at_8=\r:AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:\
        :F1=\EOR:F2=\EOS:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC:UP=\E[%dA:\
        :al=\E[L:bl=^G:cb=\E[1K:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
        :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=\r:ct=\E[3g:dl=\E[M:do=\n:ho=\E[H:\
        :is=\E[?1l\E>\E[?7h\E[100g\E[0m\E7\E[r\E8:k1=\E[001q:\
        :k2=\E[002q:k3=\E[003q:k4=\E[004q:k5=\E[005q:\
        :k6=\E[006q:k7=\E[007q:k8=\E[008q:k9=\EOP:k;=\EOQ:\
        :kB=\E[Z:kD=^?:kI=\E[139q:kM=\E[146q:kN=\E[154q:\
        :kP=\E[150q:kb=\b:kd=\E[B:kh=\E[H:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:\
        :ku=\E[A:le=\E[D:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:\
        :nw=\EE:\
        :.pk=!!! MUST CHANGE BY HAND !!!\EP101;%p1%d.y%p2%s\E\\:\
        :rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[m:sf=\ED:so=\E[1;7m:sr=\EM:\
        :st=\EH:ta=\t:ue=\E[m:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:\
        :ve=\E[9/y\E[12/y\E[=6l:vs=\E[10/y\E[=1h\E[=2l\E[=6h:\
        :bc=\E[D:ko=le,nd,up,ho:


Matt Harrington
matth_at_itsa.ucsf.edu
415-476-4628
Received on Wed Jan 20 1999 - 00:58:39 NZDT

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