termcap problem in RXVT?

Thu Mar 21 08:02:00 GMT 2002

At 11:58 PM 3/20/2002, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>>>>Not really. All the below reference says is that this is intentional, not why it's being done. My question was why.
>>If you follow the later posts as I mention below, you might find the answers.
>>>Don't have the time.
>>>>If you're really interested in understanding what the background on this
>>issue is, you'll want to check out the discussions in the email archives
>>regarding the problems that arose when bash was changed. 
>>BTW, bash was changed because these environment variables are set at login
>>on *NIX platforms, so setting them in bash is redundant at best. 
>>But I still recommend looking at the email archives to understand everyone's ideas on this issue.
>>>I really don't have the time to do this. I just pointed out the issue.

OK. I guess I was just pointing out that this issue has already been 
discussed. To my mind, it's not a problem awaiting a solution. It's 
merely awaiting someone interested enough to implement the proper solution.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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