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- [[ This has been placed as is as written by Bob Broughton. It is somewhat
- obsolete and may be used as a guide. Note: many compile warnings
- may be ignored. Who wants to fix all this ?! :-) ]] wht
-
- 1. In order for ecu to work, you must be using version 0.99p10 (or higher)
- of Linux. ncurses version 0.7.2 must be installed; Make sure that you have
- read privileges to /usr/lib/terminfo/c/console.
-
- 2. There must be a file in the /usr/lib/uucp directory named Devices, and
- it must be readable by all users. It doesn't necessarily have to contain
- anything useful; Mine contains the following:
-
- ACU ttyS1 - 1200-14400
-
- There should also be a file named Dialers, and it should also be readable
- by all users.
-
- 3. Take a look at the directory /usr/local/lib/ecu. The files
- ecurz, ecusz, and ecusea should be executable by everyone; The
- remaining files should be readable by everyone.
-
- 4. When ecu starts, a setup screen is displayed, and it is self-explanatory.
- Once you are out of the setup screen, you perform ecu functions by pressing
- the <home> key. Pressing "<home>help" will give you help. If you want to
- enter the phone book, type "<home>dial".
-
- 5. ecu works best if the computer that you're talking to thinks that you are
- using a vt102, with color (assuming that you have a color monitor).
- [This is true until Linux supports the SCO/ANSI terminal emulation, by
- which time perhaps emulation may be switchable -- wht]
-
- 6. To use ecu with XFree86: First, when you untar ecu, you will find a file
- named .Xdefaults in your /tmp directory. Merge the contents of this file
- into your .Xdefaults file. (If you don't have a .Xdefaults file, simply move
- the .Xdefaults file from /tmp to your home directory.) Second, if there is
- an .Xresources file in your home directory, rename or remove it.
-
- You should "cd /usr/lib/terminfo", and add the following lines to the
- "xterm" file:
-
- smacs=\E(0,rmacs=\E(B,
- acsc=kkllmmjjnnwwvvuuttqqxx,
-
- After you have made this change, type "tic xterm".
-
- Make sure that the file /usr/lib/terminfo/x/xterm is readable by everyone.
-
- To actually run ecu under XWindow, type:
-
- xterm -name ecu -e ecu &
-
- Once you have ecu running under XWindow, you should be able to do some neat
- things with the mouse. For example, if you want to include a paragraph from
- a document on your hard disk into a posting, you can click on a shell window,
- "less" the document, press the left mouse button to highlight the text, move
- the mouse pointer into your ecu window, press the middle mouse button, and
- the selected text will be send to whatever you are logged into with ecu.
-
- Bob Broughton
- a1040@mindlink.bc.ca
- (604) 451-8605
-
- Toomas Losin (a776@mindlink.bc.ca) was also very helpful with the Linux port.
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-
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 09:37 PDT
- From: emory!mindlink.bc.ca!Robert_Broughton (Robert Broughton)
- To: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
- Subject: ncurses 1.8.5
-
- Warren, I got this from the maintainer of ncurses:
-
- From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim)
- To: Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca
- Subject: Re: ncurses 1.8.5 problem
-
- >I just installed 1.8.5 on my Linux v1.0 system, after using 1.8 for a
- >while. I have a problem with "standout" mode. With 1.8, I got inverse
- >video. With 1.8.5, I also get reverse video if I'm using an xterm. If I'm
- >using the Linux "console", however, I get the text in high-intensity, but
- >no reverse video. Any ideas?
-
- You can get reverse video by changing smso in the console terminfo entry
- to \E[7m instead of \E[1m
-
-
- Could you add this note to README.Linux? I haven't actually tried this
- suggestion, but you can assume it works, unless you hear otherwise from me.
-
- --
- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-
- Robert Broughton Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca
-
- "We calm and reassure. We embrace people with the message that we're
- all in it together. That our leaders are infallible and that there is
- nothing, absolutely nothing wrong." - Miles Drentell, _thirtysomething_
-
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