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- Path: sparky!uunet!world!rr
- From: rr@world.std.com (Robert I Ransbottom)
- Subject: Re: Compiling and Testing Questions
- Message-ID: <BuE0Fo.8nt@world.std.com>
- Keywords: Terminfo, Compile, Test
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <jirwin.716073541@beagle> <9SEP199219172447@envmsa.eas.asu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:09:22 GMT
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- In article <9SEP199219172447@envmsa.eas.asu.edu> ptran@asuvax.eas.asu.edu writes:
- > If I recall correctly, UNIX System V uses the terminfo database. The
- >command "tput" should do what you want. Try the manual pages for "tput"
- >(i.e., "man tput"). In short, after you've compiled the entries, type the
- >following:
- >
- > % tput init # To send the initializations for $TERM.
- > % tput longname # To display the "long name" of the terminal.
-
- This is correct. The usually approach is to define variables in
- the shell and export them. eg.
- INIT = `tput init`
- CLEAR = `tput clear`
- export CLEAR INIT
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