ncurses and terminal definitions

[Larry Hall]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:47:13PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote:
> 
>>Hi Terry,
>>
>>Don't know exactly what accounts for the performance drain you see with
>>98.  Like you say, could be just a slow machine.  You'd have to debug it
>>to know for sure.
>>
>>One point.  /usr/share/terminfo/c/cygwin == c:\usr\share\terminfo\c\cygwin
>>only if the Cygwin root mount point (/) == c:\.  As you can see, you get
>>this for free if your current drive is c: but that's not guaranteed.  You
>>may want to add one step and one binary to your installation procedure.
>>That is, after plopping the files down where you want them, invoke the
>>following:
>>
>> mount -s c:/ /
>>
>>This will require privileges to write to the system hive of the registry.
>>If you don't have this right or can't get it, you can omit the '-s' flag,
>>but the mount will only be available for the current user.  You will need
>>to repeat the command (minus the '-s') for all the users that need your
>>application on that machine.  You don't need to leave 'mount' on the
>>machine after installation.
> 
> 
> Larry - mount defaults to "-s" these days.  If you want user-mode mounts,
> you need to use "-u".


Heh.  Right.  Sorry about that.

  I will always consult the documentation before posting.
  I will always consult the documentation before posting.
  I will always consult the documentation before posting.
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(Good advice for new users too. ;-) )


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