----- Original Message ----- From: Steadman Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: Termcap problems
> Hi > > I am currently trying to migrate a 4GL application from a Unix (SCO) to > linux. I have successfully rebuilt the application executables on linux. > However, > I am unable to properly run the application due to termcap issues. I > have tried using the same termcap that was used on SCO Unix but this has > not proven totally > successful. > Attempts to use the default termcap that comes with the linux (RedHat) > OS fails > with error "Termcap entry too long ". The specific terminal types > desired are: > VT320 with extended (108) keyboard, and VT420 with the 104 (PC) > keyboard. The entries (vt320, vt420pc) in the termcap file for these > terminal > types were extracted to reduce the size of the termcap file. This also > proved > unsuccessful. It appears that a line in the definitions for these > terminal types is > creating the problem. > > Question: Can you provide a resolution for this problem? > > > Regards > Steadman Williams > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list We converted our 4GL from SCO to Linux several years ago and also experienced termcap problems with vt220 emulation. Are you using ncurses? If so, use terminfo instead of termcap. Also, if possible, use a terminal emulator, such as putty, and use the linux terminal emulation. This solved all of our problems and our apps all run fine now. BDavis -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
