A.P. Lawrence

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OSR5 FAQ

Where can I get a Linux terminfo for "scoansi"?

Thomas E. Dickey offers this in ncurses 5.0 (See http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html).

Thomas gave me permission to extract the terminfo source and make it available here; you can just "tic" this on any Linux box if all you need is a better scoansi terminfo definition.

 # SCO console and SOS-Syscons console for 386bsd
 # (scoansi: had unknown capabilities
 #      :Gc=N:Gd=K:Gh=M:Gl=L:Gu=J:Gv=\072:\
 #      :GC=E:GD=B:GH=D:GL=\64:GU=A:GV=\63:GR=C:
 #      :G1=?:G2=Z:G3=@:G4=Y:G5=;:G6=I:G7=H:G8=<:\
 #      :CW=\E[M:NU=\E[N:RF=\E[O:RC=\E[P:\
 #      :WL=\E[S:WR=\E[T:CL=\E[U:CR=\E[V:\
 # I renamed GS/GE/HM/EN/PU/PD/RT and added klone+sgr-dumb, based
 # on the <smacs>=\E[12m  -- esr)
 #
 # klone+sgr-dumb is an error since the acsc does not match -TD
 #
 # In this description based on SCO's keyboard(HW) manpage list of default function key
 # values:
 #      F13-F24 are shifted F1-F12
 #      F25-F36 are control F1-F12
 #      F37-F48 are shift+control F1-F12
 scoansi|SCO Extended ANSI standard crt, 
        OTbs, am, eo, xon, 
        colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#25, pairs#64, 
        acsc=0[5566778899\:\:;;<<==>>FFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOOPPQQRRSSTTUUVVWWXX`ja0fxgqh2jYk?lZm@nEqDtCu4vAwBx3~y, 
        blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, clear=\E[H\E[2J, 
        cub1=\E[D, cud1=\E[B, cuf1=\E[C, cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, 
        cuu1=\E[A, dch1=\E[P, dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, home=\E[H, 
        ht=^I, ich1=\E[@, il1=\E[L, ind=\E[S, invis=\E[8m, kbeg=\E[E, 
        kbs=^H, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\E[D, kcud1=\E[B, kcuf1=\E[C, 
        kcuu1=\E[A, kend=\E[F, kf1=\E[M, kf10=\E[V, kf11=\E[W, 
        kf12=\E[X, kf13=\E[Y, kf15=\E[a, kf16=\E[b, kf17=\E[c, 
        kf18=\E[d, kf19=\E[e, kf2=\E[N, kf20=\E[f, kf21=\E[g, 
        kf22=\E[h, kf23=\E[i, kf24=\E[j, kf25=\E[k, kf26=\E[l, 
        kf27=\E[m, kf28=\E[n, kf29=\E[o, kf3=\E[O, kf30=\E[p, 
        kf31=\E[q, kf32=\E[r, kf33=\E[s, kf34=\E[t, kf35=\E[u, 
        kf36=\E[v, kf37=\E[w, kf38=\E[x, kf39=\E[y, kf4=\E[P, 
        kf40=\E[z, kf41=\E[@, kf42=\E[[, kf43=\E[\\, kf44=\E[], 
        kf45=\E[\^, kf46=\E[_, kf47=\E[`, kf48=\E[{, kf5=\E[Q, 
        kf6=\E[R, kf7=\E[S, kf8=\E[T, kf9=\E[U, khome=\E[H, 
        kich1=\E[L, knp=\E[G, kpp=\E[I, op=\E[37;40m, rev=\E[7m, 
        ri=\E[T, rmacs=\E[10m, rmso=\E[m, rmul=\E[m, 
        setab=\E[4%p1%dm, setaf=\E[3%p1%dm, 
        sgr=\E[0;10%?%p1%t;7%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p3%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p7%t;8%;%?%p9%t;12%;m, 
        sgr0=\E[0;10m, smacs=\E[12m, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, 

Brian White offered this:

Here is what I installed on my sco box to allow me to work from my linux box.
It is still a work in progess, since I don't telnet from linux to sco that
often, but it's pretty good.

http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/terminfo-lnx-on-sco http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/termcap-lnx-on-sco http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/profile-lnx-on-sco

copy these to the sco box and run the following commands:

tic terminfo-lnx-on-sco
cat termcap-lnx-on-sco >>/etc/termcap
cat profile-lnx-on-sco >>/etc/profile

exit and log back in to see the effects.

Conversely, here are the equivalent snippets that I install on linux boxes
so I can telnet to them from sco boxes. This I do more often. (from scoansi
terminal emulators like facetwin actually)

http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/terminfo-sco-on-lnx http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/termcap-sco-on-lnx http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/profile-sco-on-lnx

Also see I've telnetted to a Linux machine from a SCO console, and the automatic colors for commands like ls and vi have made it impossible to see what I type.

Bruce Garlock sent this email:

A while ago, I asked you about linux to SCO terminal emulation, and
there really was not a good answer.  I see that it was one of the FAQ's
on your site, and I tried the various termcap files, etc...  I could
never get it working 100%, though.

I was just emailed a beta linux version of "Powerterm" from www.ericson.com. I am very impressed.
We use the Windows version of Powerterm, and the linux version is almost an 
exact copy.  All the F keys work, and the colors too!  I'm not sure if you 
would be interested in something like this, or not.

- Bruce

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