Re: xterm-debain termcap?

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 25 Aug, Benjamin Low wrote about "xterm-debain termcap?"
> 
> Why is there a separate xterm-debian termcap entry? It is kind of
> annoying, as when I brint up a shell to another (non-debian) machine
> TERM is still set to 'xterm-debian', which of course the other box
> doesn't know about...
> 
> Setting the XTerm.termName xresource to 'xterm' works around the
> problem, however you seem to lose the use of (at least) the 'Home' and
> 'End' keys.
> 
> What is the difference between xterm and xterm-debian, and indeed
> xterm-xfree86 which is also present in /etc/termacap/x/?
> 


All the information should be in /usr/doc/xterm/README.Debian, including
solutions for non-Debian machines.

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Brian 
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