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1 | << 14 October 1987 >> |
2 | It is probably easiest to make local termcap changes in separate | |
3 | files, eg /usr/local/etc/termcap, and encourage people to put | |
4 | ||
5 | setenv TERMPATH ~/.termcap:/usr/local/etc/termcap:/etc/termcap | |
6 | ||
7 | in their shell startup files. This way local system-wide changes can be | |
8 | isolated in /usr/local/etc/termcap and user changes in ~/.termcap, all | |
9 | without consuming lots of disk or requiring re-integration of local | |
10 | changes when system termcap files change. | |
11 | ||
12 | John Kunze | |
13 | termcap@berkeley | |
14 | ||
15 | << 12 May 1983 >> | |
16 | To install this directory on your system: | |
17 | ||
18 | First determine a list of "common terminals" for your system. | |
19 | This list will probably be small, and can be empty if you like, | |
20 | but you should probably put your own terminal in it. | |
21 | ||
22 | Second, edit the editor script "reorder" to use this list instead | |
23 | of the list built in to it. The changes will be evident from looking | |
24 | at the script. Notice that the script contains the terminals in order | |
25 | from least common to most common, since the move commands will move them | |
26 | to the front in that order, the effect will be to put the most common | |
27 | at the front of termcap since that's moved last. The s.* terminals | |
28 | are specials, and although they don't have to go to the front, they are | |
29 | probably quite common and really should go near the front. | |
30 | ||
31 | Third, if you are not a super user and cannot create the directory | |
32 | /usr/lib/tabset, make a corresponding directory somewhere you can and | |
33 | add a line to reorder to globally change all /usr/lib/tabset's to your | |
34 | own path name. This change is better than just changing the termcap.src | |
35 | file because it makes it easier to diff it from newer distributed versions. | |
36 | Try to keep the source as is whenever possible, and put mungings into reorder. | |
37 | ||
38 | Now you can run "make install" which will create an /etc/termcap. Again, | |
39 | if you aren't a super user change the cp command to put it where you can. | |
40 | In this case you will have to redefine E_TERMCAP in "local/uparm.h", which | |
41 | will probably be in subdirectories with the other UCB software. | |
42 | ||
43 | ||
44 | Finally, if you make additions or fixes to termcap, please mail a note | |
45 | explaining what you did with the fixed termcap entry (not the whole file, | |
46 | please!) to me at one of the addresses below, so it can be incorporated | |
47 | back into the original source. I will normally include anything unless | |
48 | there is a good reason not to, but I reserve the right to redo it differently. | |
49 | ||
50 | ucbvax!termcap (uucp) | |
51 | termcap@berkeley (Arpanet) |