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[nongnu] elpa/eat 48202c147b 1/3: Suggest to invoke 'eat-compile-terminf
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[nongnu] elpa/eat 48202c147b 1/3: Suggest to invoke 'eat-compile-terminfo' in manual |
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Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:59:15 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: elpa/eat
commit 48202c147b3465656fe1fabdcfd441fdbc722688
Author: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
Commit: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
Suggest to invoke 'eat-compile-terminfo' in manual
* eat.texi (Not Recognized, Garbled Text): Suggest to do
'M-x eat-compile-terminfo' when the Terminfo databases aren't
working properly.
---
eat.texi | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/eat.texi b/eat.texi
index 7ee67bda30..23445f8e7b 100644
--- a/eat.texi
+++ b/eat.texi
@@ -969,6 +969,12 @@ Eat. If they don't match, then your shell is probably
responsible for
the problem.
@findex eat-compile-terminfo
+If the program is not recognizing the terminal even when
+the correct directory is set as @code{eat-term-terminfo-directory},
+probably the precompiled Terminfo databases aren't working properly on
+your system. You can invoke the command
+@command{eat-compile-terminfo} to recompile it for your system.
+
If you can't find the directory containing Terminfo databases, you can
compile it yourself. First, set @code{eat-term-terminfo-directory} to
the directory where to put the Terminfo databases. Then invoke the
@@ -990,12 +996,16 @@ program doesn't recognize Eat, and it stays silent
instead of
reporting that.
If the problem isn't resolved after following the instructions in the
-previous section, may be your program is blindly assuming that the
-terminal is XTerm-compatible. If so, what you are seeing is the
-current state of ``XTerm-compliance''. Though it's not really a bug,
-we definite want to know what's problem so that we can fix it.
-@xref{Reporting Bugs} for instructions on sending bug reports or
-feature request.
+previous section, probably the precompiled Terminfo databases aren't
+working properly on your system. Running the command
+@command{eat-compile-terminfo} will recompile it for your system.
+
+If the problem still persists, may be your program is blindly assuming
+that the terminal is XTerm-compatible. If so, what you are seeing is
+the current state of ``XTerm-compliance''. Though it's not really a
+bug, we really want to know what's problem so that we can fix it and
+improve XTerm-compliance. @xref{Reporting Bugs} for instructions on
+sending bug reports or feature request.
The other potential reason is that Eat is not working. This is
definitely a bug, so please report it.