[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[Christopher Faylor]

I've made a new version of the termcap file and library available for download.

This version just adds the support for saving and restoring the screen buffer
to the termcap "database".  This will allow termcap compiled programs like
'less' to display the previous screen when you exit from them.  It will not
affect ncurses compiled programs, of course.

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.  Then, run setup and answer all of the questions.
 
Note that we do not allow downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka
cygwin.com) due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update.

In the US, ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ is a
reliable high bandwidth connection.

In Germany,
ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/ is
usually pretty good.

In the UK,
http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin/
is usually up-to-date within 48 hours.

If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package then
you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another mirror.

The setup.exe program will figure out what needs to be updated on your
system and will install newer packages automatically.

If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin
mailing list at: cygwin@cygwin.com .  I would appreciate if you would
use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly.  This includes
ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin in general.

If you want to make a point or ask a question, the Cygwin mailing list
is the appropriate place.

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[Keith Starsmeare]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 3:51 AM
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1


> This version just adds the support for saving and restoring the screen
buffer
> to the termcap "database".  This will allow termcap compiled programs like
> 'less' to display the previous screen when you exit from them.  It will
not
> affect ncurses compiled programs, of course.

Is there a way to stop less recovering the previous screen? I often find it
quite handy to be able to see the file I've just looked at. On systems where
more/less does this I often find myself 'cat'ing the file afterwards so that
I can still see it!

Keith


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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[Michael Schaap]

At 09:55 27-8-2001, Keith Starsmeare wrote:
>Is there a way to stop less recovering the previous screen? I often find it
>quite handy to be able to see the file I've just looked at. On systems where
>more/less does this I often find myself 'cat'ing the file afterwards so that
>I can still see it!

Have you checked "less --help" or "man less"?

(Hint: I have "alias more='less -X -F'")

  - Michael

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     of life.  It was not what I expected.                  - Dogbert 


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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 12:24:06PM +0200, Michael Schaap wrote:
>At 09:55 27-8-2001, Keith Starsmeare wrote:
>>Is there a way to stop less recovering the previous screen? I often find it
>>quite handy to be able to see the file I've just looked at. On systems 
>>where
>>more/less does this I often find myself 'cat'ing the file afterwards so 
>>that
>>I can still see it!
>
>Have you checked "less --help" or "man less"?

"less --help", "man less"?  Aren't they just shortcuts for
"Ask the mailing list as soon as you think of a question?"

cgf

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1

[Keith Starsmeare]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Schaap" <cygwin@mscha.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1


> At 09:55 27-8-2001, Keith Starsmeare wrote:
> >Is there a way to stop less recovering the previous screen? I often find
it
> >quite handy to be able to see the file I've just looked at. On systems
where
> >more/less does this I often find myself 'cat'ing the file afterwards so
that
> >I can still see it!
>
> Have you checked "less --help" or "man less"?

Yes, but I was looking for something like "Don't clear the screen" rather
than "Don't use termcap init/deinit strings"!

> (Hint: I have "alias more='less -X -F'")

Thanks very much for your hint - this has bugged me for ages on other
platforms (and soon would have using cygwin too).

I guess I've never bothered to ask before because I just knew that some
smart-arse would take offense at stupid users asking questions to a mail
list!

Keith


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