Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0

[Harold Hunt]

Chuck,

Ok, sounds like a no-brainer.  Go ahead.  Should be fun ;)

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson@ece.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:04 AM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Missing terminfo data in XFree86 4.2.0
> 
> 
> Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
> >>>I maintain the ncurses and terminfo packages for cygwin.  I've been
> >>>wondering, should I update the "official" cygwin terminfo entry for
> >>>xterm using the XFree86-4.2.0 one?
> >>>
> > 
> > I have no idea what the terminfo entries do... I'm sure you'll 
> make a very
> > wise decision.  I'm leaving this entirely up to you.  Just let 
> me know the
> > expected effects of any change.
> 
> 
> If I use the XFree86 terminfo entry in our official terminfo package, 
> then ncurses-based code will be able to make better use of the extended 
> features in the XFree86 xterm.
> 
> However, if someone were to use a NON XFree86 xterm on their cygwin 
> machine, then the additional features exposed by the XFree86 terminfo 
> entry would not actually be supported by the xterm.exe they were using.
> 
> How likely is it that someone would use a NON-XFree86-provided xterm.exe 
> on a cygwin platform? Not very, IMO.
> 
> To me, this is a nobrainer -- use the XFree86 xterm terminfo entry.  The 
> only reason I haven't done so, is that XFree86 was not "officially" 
> available via the setup.exe-based installation.
> 
> --Chuck
> 
>