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