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Re: [PLUG] emacs and termcap
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nm - figured it out
TERM=linux
export=TERM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Whitman" <michaelw@palawnet.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: [PLUG] emacs and termcap
> I installed a debian system.
> Then I tried to install emacs from a tar.gz - I did the standard install,
> the only parameter i gave was '--with-x=no'.
>
> When I tried to run emacs it told me that it couldn't find the termcap
> database.
>
> I tried to do some troubleshooting and found out about the TERM variable.
> I checked out the TERM variable on my RH system, saw it was vt320 so I set
> TERM on my debian system to vt320.
>
> Then I started getting the error 'vt320: unknown terminal type' when I
tried
> to run vi, emacs, or even a 'clear'.
>
> So then I tried to undo what I had done with 'unset TERM' and TERM="", to
no
> avail, then I got ' : unknown terminal type' .
>
> Meanwhile i found out I am supposed to have an /etc/termcap file on the
> debian system but it wasn't there, so I copied the one from my RH system.
> This stopped emacs from complaining about the lack of a termcap database.
>
> So in conclusion - right now emacs runs if variable TERM is set to
'vt320',
> but vi and 'clear' complain about an unknow terminal type.
>
> So by this point it should be clear that I am clueless. Can anyone
> enlighten me or point me somewhere?
>
>
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