Subj : Re: Need volonteers to test another patch
To : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Vitaliy Aksyonov
Date : Wed Mar 13 2024 02:19 pm
Hello Wilfred.
13 Mar 24 08:45, you wrote to me:
VA>>>>> This is correct commandline to if you have your terminal in
VA>>>>> cp850. Just choose what works better for you. Probably luit
VA>>>>> and terminal in UTF-8 is most convenient.
WvV>>>> I'll see after I have tested with putty...
WvV>>> I'll probably switch to this setup since it also works with
WvV>>> putty.
VA>> It's definitely more convenient.
WvV> I changed to using luit, for both the putty and konsole terminals for
WvV> golded.
WvV> I do now have the problem that sometimes (not most of the time), the
WvV> terminal is in strange state after closing golded. I've fixed that by
WvV> adding the 'reset' command as the last command in the script that
WvV> starts golded.
It could be something wrong with ncurses deinit. I've never saw that. But I
usually doesn't use session for anything else than GoldEd. And usually just log
off.
VA>>>>> Putty will work fine. Only I suggest you to change terminal
VA>>>>> type in putty from xterm (they use if by default)
WvV>>>> I think it's set to 'linux' in putty.
WvV>>> Switching from 'linux' to 'putty' makes things worse:
WvV>>>
https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/8a290fabf761
VA>> That may be because terminfo for putty doesn't exist on your
VA>> system. You may need to install additional packages. I have
VA>> putty-256color and it works perfect.
VA>> How to check.
VA>> Run infocmp -D
VA>> This will show you which directories are used to find terminfo.
VA>> Then search in those directories, is putty available. If not -
VA>> you may need install package like ncurses-term. May have
VA>> different name on your system.
WvV> I had already checked this:
WvV> # ls -l /etc/termcap
WvV> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2015-10-29 21:23:18 termcap ->
WvV> /usr/share/misc/termcap
WvV> # grep putty /etc/termcap
WvV> putty|PuTTY terminal emulator:\
WvV> vt100-putty|Reset PuTTY to pure vt100:\
WvV> putty-256color|PuTTY 0.58 with xterm 256-colors:\
WvV> putty-vt100|VT100+ keyboard layout:\
WvV> putty-sco|putty with SCO function keys:\
WvV> infocmp shows more or less the same:
WvV> # infocmp -D
WvV> /usr/share/terminfo
WvV> # find /usr/share/terminfo -iname 'putty*'
WvV> /usr/share/terminfo/p/putty
WvV> /usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-256color
WvV> /usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-sco
WvV> /usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-vt100
VA>> Let me know it that helped please.
WvV> So terminfo for putty already exists on my system...
WvV>>> Also some keys, like the F3 key stopped working. So I keep my
WvV>>> terminal type as 'linux'.
VA>>>>> to putty or putty-256color. It's in Connection->Data section.
WvV>>> 'putty-256color' makes no difference.
VA>> putty-256color just add more colors support. F keys are broken
VA>> most probably because terminfo is missing.
WvV> That is not the case...
I spend a lot of time configuring my Putty to work correctly. I'd suggest you
first make it working without luit. You may need to play with Putty's settings.
And TERM=putty works the best for me. What I mean - it may work and it's just
configuration thing. It should be totally fine for you too because you have
correct termnifo.
Vitaliy
... 640K ought to be enough for anybody
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