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Re: linux 2.6.x console's terminfo entry
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: linux 2.6.x console's terminfo entry |
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Mon, 6 Jul 2020 20:14:34 -0400 |
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On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:03:20PM +0200, Ingo Brückl wrote:
> The comment preceding linux2.6 seems wrong.
>
> It reads:
>
> # '~' scan line 1
> # '_' scan line 9
>
> but should be
>
> # 'o' scan line 1
> # 's' scan line 9
agreed - fwiw, the comments came from my rework of the linux2.6 entry
to address a Debian bug report:
#
# 2016-05-14
# + modify linux2.6 entry to improve line-drawing -TD
# + make linux3.0 entry the default linux entry (Debian #823658) -TD
> Furthermore, there are two strange entries in linux2.6's acsc.
but the underscores came from this discussion:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2006-02/msg00021.html
> acsc has two underlines between 0 and ` which seems wrong and should be
> removed. The VT100 name for scan line 9 is 's' and IMHO there is no ACS
> name associated with underline.
agreed - it's not in the range usually used for ACS
> acsc further reads }c, which prevents printing the UK pound sign and should
> be }} instead.
probably - but to be certain, looking at the kernel source might help
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