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Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell
Andy Koppe wrote:
> Matthias Meyer wrote:
>> cygwin 1.7.5 need, at least, the /usr/share/terminfo/63/cygwin file.
>>
>> cygwin 1.7.2, used by the actual copssh distribution, didn't need this
>> file.
>
> Third-party Cygwin distributions like copssh aren't supported here.
>
> /usr/share/terminfo isn't used by the Cygwin DLL, so the DLL version
> (1.7.2 vs 1.7.5) is irrelevant here. It is used by ncurses though, and
> the terminfo database format has changed fairly recently. Look for
> terminfo and ncurses announcements.
>
>> Somebody knows:
>> 1) what is the job of the other directories (41..78)
>> below /usr/share/terminfo ?
>
> They're hexadecimal ASCII codes representing the first character of
> the terminal type. '63' is ASCII for 'c', as in 'cygwin'. '78' is 'x'
> as in 'xterm'.
>
> Andy
Thanks, have a great day!
Matthias
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