From: dennisf@miles.com (Dennis Flaherty) Subject: Re: man help... Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 21:22:15 GMT
In article <1992Sep24.035004.25829@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> mirons@ccs.northeastern.edu (Michael A. Irons) writes:
>
> I noticed the problem with Less also. There seems to be a problem with
> the less binary and the termcap file. It can't follow the tc at the and of the
> termcap entries. Since the default TERM type id con##x##, which only sets the
> width & higth of the term, and then tc's the base VC definition, it fails to
> see the rest of the VC define, and thinks that it doesn't have these funcions.
> In a nutshell, the binary is bad and needs to be replaced. Could the person who
> did the original binary please step forwards (preferably with a newer binary!)
No, it's not the binary; it's the /etc/termcap distributed on the root disk.
Get an old copy of the termcap and Less will work fine. A recompiled Less
will operate the same way.
-- Dennis T. Flaherty dennisf@Miles.com Miles, Inc. dflahert@chekov.helios.nd.edu Diagnostics Division My doctor says Mylanta, but my boss says Alka-Seltzer!