[ale] gentoo term question

[cfowler]

libc will use terminfo.  If terminfo is not available, it will fall back
and use termcap.  


On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 14:44, Joseph A. Knapka wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, I installed my favorite editor vi on my gentoo box, yet it leaves
> > me in 'open mode' as in one line at a time.  So I start looking around
> > and I don't have a termcap file.  I'd a thought that would have been
> > standard with the install.
> > 
> > So, any clue as to where I get a termcap file from?
> 
> I just saw a message go by on the kernelnewbies list to
> the effect of, "nothing uses termcap anymore, you need
> to install and/or update terminfo instead."
> 
> -- Joe
>   "I'd rather chew my leg off than maintain Java code, which
>    sucks, 'cause I have a lot of Java code to maintain and
>    the leg surgery is starting to get expensive." - Me
> 
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