Re: console -u option

["Jason M. Felice" <jasonf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:16:12AM -0500, Scott Klement wrote:
> 
> us = underline start.  (there is also a ue)
> 
> tn5250 looks to see if you've got a "us" defined in your termcap.  If you
> do, it assumes that your terminal is capable of displaying underlines,
> and therefore does NOT print underscores.  (instead, it tells ncurses to
> print "true underlines")
> 
> So, if you're looking to enable underscores (as the -u option did) you
> want to, actually, remove the us from your termcap (or terminfo or
> whatever you're using)
> 
> Perhaps this'll get you started in the right direction...  If you need
> specifics, I'll let one of the Linux people on the list help you, since
> without research, I only know what works under FreeBSD :)

Better yet, check out code in CVS, which has `-u' option re-enabled.

Under Linux (at least) terminfo takes precedence of termcap (termcap is only
a fallback if the terminal type isn't present in the terminfo database).

Menaing you'll probably have to muck with the `tic' command to modify the
terminal information.

-Jay
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