TIC - sort of like taking the washing machine apart, putting it back
together and it still not working - try plugging it in! Edited the
terminfo.src into wy150.src, compiled it with tic and.. yes it works!
Not sure which of thise commands did it but needless say, thank you
everyone for your helpful, friendly and patient help!
Bob Bailin wrote:
> "lansman54" wrote in message
> news:1155919722.987177.129640@75g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> >I tried doing that. There was only a rs1 entry in the terminfo file.
> > That did not work. Combine that with my reply to a suggestion below and
> > I think that the problem lies somewhere else than within the termcap or
> > terminfo files. There have been no changes noticeable from any editing
> > of these 2 files. Could it be in another startup process?
> > Roger Cornelius wrote:
> >> lansman54 wrote:
> >> > I have tried inserting these strings into the termcap file and even
> >> > disabled the "is" strings on the terminfo entry with no change
> >> > whatsoever. The correct version of Openserver is 5.07 and we are
> >> > running filePro as the application. Is there another process in 5.07
> >> > which I should be looking for?
> >>
> >> As alluded to in a previous post, try disabling r1 in termcap and rs1
> >> in terminfo. On this 5.0.7 system, those are the capabilities
> >> containing the problem strings, assuming the info Bob posted is
> >> correct.
> >>
> >> > Roger Cornelius wrote:
> >> > > Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> >> > > > According to my Wyse 160 (not 150) manual, enhance mode on is
> >> > > > Esc ~ !
> >> > >
> >> > > And \E~! is referenced in the wy120 entry (which is referenced by the
> >> > > wy150 entry) in both termcap (see r1 capability) and terminfo (see rs1
> >> > > capability) on my 507 system.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > and off is
> >> > > > Esc ~ space
> >> > > > The enhancements apply to non-native emulations. So for instance, if the
> >> > > > terminal is in ADDS VP mode, and enhance mode is on, some additional
> >> > > > escape sequences will be recognized, which are not recognized in an actual
> >> > > > ADDS VP.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Regards,
> >> > > > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc.
>
> You have to be a bit more methodical about solving this problem:
>
> 1. Configure your Wyse 150 so that Enhance=Off. Save your settings, turn off
> the terminal, turn it on and go into setup to see that it's still Off.
>
> 2. Log in as root. Choose wyse150 as your terminal type. When you get
> to a command prompt, go into the terminal's setup again and see if
> Enhance=Off. If it's On, then the solution is found somewhere in the
> termcap or terminfo database init strings for wyse150. (When exiting
> terminal setup, make sure you *don't* save the current settings.)
>
> 3. Log in as an unprivileged user. Perform the same checks as in step 2
> if you're allowed to get to a command prompt before starting your
> FilePro application. Your results should be the same as in step 2.
> Start the application and check the setup once again. If it's changed
> to Enhance=On, then the problem lies in the init strings for your app.
> If it only changes when you try to print for the 1st time, check out that
> area of the app.
>
> By the way, you've never mentioned whether you run tic after making
> changes to the terminfo database. Changing just the readable text file
> (terminfo.src) won't change the actual compiled entries in /usr/lib/terminfo/[a-z]/.
> And it's usually advisable to make a copy of terminfo.src, edit it down to
> the actual termtype you're working with, and rename it something like
> wyse150.src. Then you don't have to recompile the entire database
> each time.
>
> Bob