Questions tagged [termcap]
The termcap database is an obsolete facility for describing the capabilities of character-cell terminals and printers. It is retained only for capability with old programs and new programs are supposed to use terminfo
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How to generate a termcap string from a compiled terminfo file?
The thread's title pretty much says it all.
When I googled this question, I found mentions of a program called untic that supposedly does what I want to do, but this program does not seem to be ...
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How to systematically troubleshoot a broken gnu-screen installation?
I recently started to work in a shared Linux cluster that a version of gnu-screen that I consider unacceptably old (4.01, from 2006).
I was not able to convince the system's administrators to install ...
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slow command output scrolling in xterm + screen
Expected behaviour:
Output of ls /* whizzes by very quick.
Actual Behaviour:
$ time ls /*
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real 0m21.003s
user 0m0.082s
sys 0m0.095s
It takes 21 seconds for this command to complete. The ...
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is there a list of minimum term capabilities for dialog(ncurses)?
I'm trying to write some code using the ncurses dialog library (available everywhere, source mirror is here) and I'm trying to decide dynamically in code whether to use dialog or just print to stderr ...
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linux (gnu-) screen: remap Ctrl-a (default command key) to Alt-a in 'one go'
Looking for a way to remap screens C-a or ^a (default command) binding, to Alt-a or ^[a by using an easy to memorize, one-go command / switch. I know this can be possible in 2 steps, but also only ...
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terminfo/termcap `tput bold`/`tput md`: portability of bold text
Suppose I have the following color support in one of my portable shell scripts:
#!/bin/sh
set -o nounset
tput_init_linux () { set_fg_color='tput setaf'; reset_color=$(tput sgr0 2>/dev/null); }
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What is the difference between "xterm-256color" and "putty-256color"
As the title asked, what's the difference?
When should I use one or the other?
Also, anyone got a "canonical" definition of putty-256color's termcap/terminfo? Google had been less than ...
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Termcap not working in Debian 10
I just installed a headless Debian server, so far with an old monitor for initial setup. While doing the initial configuration and setup, I noticed one "inconvenience" - less always keeps innards of ...
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Ctrl-Backspace in vim broken after upgrade
Under FreeBSD’s xterm the following setting made vim delete the last word after pressing ctrl+← (“Control+Backspace”):
set backspace=indent,eol,start
inoremap <C-?> <C-W>
cnoremap <C-?&...
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How can I make screen go down a line AND start at the beginning when receiving only CR from a serial device?
I am connecting to a serial port using screen: screen /dev/cu.usbserial-A703XAOG. The device on the other end sends only a carriage return to separate lines. Screen only starts at the beginning of the ...
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Can you interactively modify the terminal reset in 'less'?
I usually do not want to reset the terminal when I exit less (that is, I want the screen to continue displaying what I was looking at). Usually, when I'm on a new box and haven't configured it yet, I ...
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Custom cl termcap causes vim freeze inside gnu screen
I was concerned about the terminal scroll inside screen, besides I have configured altscreen on it only affects some programs, not taking any effect when switching between windows.
I know printf '\...
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Why do I not need to reset text attributes with less?
This script outputs 5 lines with the third one being underlined:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eu
bold=$(tput bold)
reset=$(tput sgr0)
underline=$(tput smul)
echo 'line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5' | ...
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Bright background in termcap
I'm trying to get a program I'm running to display a bright colored background, but the program won't apply the brightness increase, it instead shows a 'normal' colored background.
Let me add some ...
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Is there a difference between declaring a terminal (e.g. xterm-256colors) via $TERM vs. from terminal program?
By default, Putty identifies itself as "xterm" terminal type, but it's possible to change its settings so it identifies itself as "xterm-256colors".
As far as I understand, this is done by setting "$...
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Change Search Highlight Color In Less
I am a bit lost here on customizing the search/find highlight color or font format if you will. I understand that using LESS_TERMCAP_* we can alter the font format of less display. Full capabilities ...
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The easiest way to clear scrollback buffer of terminal + some deeper explanation?
Why bother?
Clearing scrollback buffer is handy in many ways, for example, when I wish to run some command with long output, and want to quickly scroll to start of this output. When scrollback buffer ...
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Why END key does not have terminfo entry?
On a Debian system pressing END key generates ^[[F:
$ showkey -a
Press any keys - Ctrl-D will terminate this program
^[[F 27 0033 0x1b
91 0133 0x5b
70 0106 0x46
But why this ...
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How to hide fullscreen CLI program output in xterm on FreeBSD?
When I use a fullscreen CLI program on Ubuntu (like less or vim) in xterm and then quit it, the fullscreen output of that program is not visible anymore. However, when I do the same on FreeBSD, the ...
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openSuSE termcap settings
For some reason under openSuSE Tumbleweed I am unable to use different termcap entries. To be specific, I'm trying to use the pcansi-25 termcap entry.
Anyone know why it's behaving like this?
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Origin of /etc/termcap linux entry
Why is there a type of $TERM called linux described in /etc/termcap? Why and when was it created and what's the point of it? Couldn't we just stay with vt-generic? Is linux just a customary name and a ...
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Alternate screen on FreeBSD's sc and vt
By default, FreeBSD's virtual terminals (sc and vt) don't restore previous terminal content when exiting from a full screen app. Is there a support for this functionality? I've tried following ...
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How can I get the raw formatting output of commands?
I'd like to know which control sequences are sent to bash by programs to format their outputs.
For example, if I dump man less I can discern which parts are bold or underlined.
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How can I see if termcap or terminfo was used and how to change between them?
When I login to a remote machine (Debian Wheezy in my case) using SSH with Putty (in my case with default xterm), how can I check if the terminal defintion from termcap or from terminfo was used? What ...
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page up in gnu screen with Shift-PageUp [duplicate]
In the Linux terminal the key sequence Shift-PageUp can often be used to scroll up.
However, this key sequence doesn't seem to work in gnu screen when ssh'ing to particular machines.
I have two ...
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Cursor movement related tput commands under zsh: can the 'clear' behavior be configured?
Using the zsh shell, I've noticed a difference in the behavior of the tput command compared to bash. For instance With zsh, if you have many things output to a terminal emulator window and you're at ...
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Documentation on LESS_TERMCAP_* variables?
I see these pretty colors in manpages viewed with less when setting a bunch of these variables. What do they mean, where is the documentation? Is this interpreted by less or termcap?
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GNU Screen: Strange TERMCAP when using -d -m
Depending on how I run screen, it either does or does not have the right TERMCAP info.
The symptom of this is that colors don't always show up in my terminal correctly (eg: ls, vim syntax highlighting,...
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Is there any way to exit "less" without clearing the screen?
Relatively often, I find myself wanting to quit less but leave what I was viewing on the screen, to refer back to. Is there any way to do this? Workarounds?
(My current workaround is to quit, then ...
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Colored man pages not working on gentoo
I have a problem using these methods to get colors in my man pages in gentoo. I've asked already in the gentoo forums but it still doesn't work, and the comments in a bug report (Bug 184604) don't ...
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vi mode doesn't display correctly on new term
This is a continuation of my previous questions. I currently have the following in ~/.zsh.d/functions.sh
function zle-line-init zle-keymap-select {
psvar[1]="${${KEYMAP/vicmd/}/(main|viins)/-- ...
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Colors in Man Pages
When I look at a man page in my 'console' (not an xterm) I see some coloration, but I don't get this in my xterm's (e.g. konsole) is there any way I can enable this? hopefully a fairly simple solution?...
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