Subj : Re: Need volonteers to test another patch
To   : Vitaliy Aksyonov
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Mar 13 2024 08:45 am

Hi Vitaliy,

On 2024-03-12 19:34:48, you wrote to me:

 VA>>>> This is correct commandline to if you have your terminal in
 VA>>>> cp850. Just choose what works better for you. Probably luit and
 VA>>>> terminal in UTF-8 is most convenient.

 WvV>>> I'll see after I have tested with putty...

 WvV>> I'll probably switch to this setup since it also works with putty.

 VA> It's definitely more convenient.

I changed to using luit, for both the putty and konsole terminals for golded.

I do now have the problem that sometimes (not most of the time), the terminal is in strange state after closing golded. I've fixed that by adding the 'reset' command as the last command in the script that starts golded.

 VA>>>> Putty will work fine. Only I suggest you to change terminal type
 VA>>>> in putty from xterm (they use if by default)

 WvV>>> I think it's set to 'linux' in putty.

 WvV>> Switching from 'linux' to 'putty' makes things worse:

 WvV>> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/8a290fabf761

 VA> That may be because terminfo for putty doesn't exist on your system. You
 VA> may need to install additional packages. I have putty-256color and it works
 VA> perfect.

 VA> How to check.
 VA> Run infocmp -D
 VA> This will show you which directories are used to find terminfo.
 VA> Then search in those directories, is putty available. If not - you may need
 VA> install package like ncurses-term. May have different name on your system.

I had already checked this:

# ls -l /etc/termcap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2015-10-29 21:23:18 termcap -> /usr/share/misc/termcap

# grep putty /etc/termcap
putty|PuTTY terminal emulator:\
vt100-putty|Reset PuTTY to pure vt100:\
putty-256color|PuTTY 0.58 with xterm 256-colors:\
putty-vt100|VT100+ keyboard layout:\
putty-sco|putty with SCO function keys:\


infocmp shows more or less the same:

# infocmp -D
/usr/share/terminfo

# find /usr/share/terminfo -iname 'putty*'
/usr/share/terminfo/p/putty
/usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-256color
/usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-sco
/usr/share/terminfo/p/putty-vt100

 VA> Let me know it that helped please.

So terminfo for putty already exists on my system...

 WvV>> Also some keys, like the F3 key stopped working. So I keep my
 WvV>> terminal type as 'linux'.

 VA>>>> to putty or putty-256color. It's in Connection->Data section.

 WvV>> 'putty-256color' makes no difference.

 VA> putty-256color just add more colors support. F keys are broken most
 VA> probably because terminfo is missing.

That is not the case...


Bye, Wilfred.

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