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How can I fix an application that doesn't work with SCOANSI?

Terminal Emulation

How can I fix an application that doesn't work with SCOANSI?

by  pcunix  Posted    (Edited  )
From http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html#termtype :

I have one application that doesn't work with "scoansi"; how can I fix that?

It may use its own termcap or terminfo file, or it may just need to see the terminal as ansi. This trick might work if it has a shell script to start it, add this line to the top:

[ "$TERM" = "scoansi" ] && TERM="ansi"


That changes TERM to ansi but only if it was set to "scoansi", so it won't affect wyse terminals, etc.

See http://pcunix.com/Unixart/termcap.html also.

In 5.0.6, there is a new "mkdev scoansi" command that lets you chosse different versions of scoansi emulation (there have been too many!)
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