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#! rnews 1275 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news.nacamar.de!uunet!in2.uu.net!207.18.199.254!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com!news From: "Andreas Hinterleitner" <ahinterleitn@bangate.eur.compaq.com> Subject: Secrets of the console Message-ID: <01bc3b48$fe7d7450$232c3d9b@muna019> Sender: news@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com (System Administrator) Organization: Compaq Computer Corp. Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 07:25:28 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 155.61.44.35 Lines: 10 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38038 Anyone can tell me more about the coherence between keyboard, keyboard scancodes, termcap and the ability of the screen and applications to display color? I use e.g. Midnight Commander. If I set the variable TERM to certain values (vt100, linux, cons25), linedraw characters and colors are used, other values don't use either color nor linedraw chars, even some keystrokes don't work correctly anymore. Andreas