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| author | tv <tv@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-03-21 21:40:28 +0000 |
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| committer | tv <tv@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-03-21 21:40:28 +0000 |
| commit | dbe3df7937e287d7e1e9e7f2569f4a2197144fee (patch) | |
| tree | d7896b20b85ebd6d4660adce38fd7b5d7dcc191b /doc/guide | |
| parent | ddf0d01e8babc163071e8ef654cb9840652ea207 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-dbe3df7937e287d7e1e9e7f2569f4a2197144fee.tar.gz | |
Document a .termcap string usable for Interix console windows.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/platforms.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml index cc6dd1ddeb4..d8bf1412ddc 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.4 2005/01/16 02:31:33 grant Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.5 2005/03/21 21:40:28 tv Exp $ --> <chapter id="platforms"> <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title> @@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ <para>Interix is a POSIX compatible subsystem for the Windows NT kernel, providing a Unix-like environment with a tighter kernel integration than available with Cygwin. It is part of the Windows Services for Unix - package, available for free for any licensed copy of Windows 2000, XP, - or 2003. SFU can be downloaded from <ulink + package, available for free for any licensed copy of Windows 2000, XP + (not including XP Home), or 2003. SFU can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/</ulink>.</para> <para>Services for Unix 3.5, current as of this writing, has been tested. 3.0 @@ -286,6 +286,12 @@ the same time as the pkgsrc packages, ensure that you use the proper pkg_* tools for each type of binary package.</para> + <para>The TERM setting used for DOS-type console windows (including those + invoked by the csh and ksh startup shortcuts) is "interix". Most systems + don't have a termcap/terminfo entry for it, but the following .termcap + entry provides adequate emulation in most cases: + <programlisting>interix:kP=\E[S:kN=\E[T:kH=\E[U:dc@:DC@:tc=pcansi:</programlisting></para> + </sect3> </sect2> |