Subj : Re: terminfo/termcap
To   : DieselMan
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jul 02 2005 01:32 am

  Re: Re: terminfo/termcap
  By: DieselMan to Digital Man on Fri Jul 01 2005 09:18 pm

 >  >   Re: terminfo/termcap
 >  >   By: DieselMan to All on Fri Jul 01 2005 01:13 pm
 >  >
 >  >  > Question about console.txt
 >  >
 >  > Do you mean sbbscon.txt?
 >  >
 >  >  > The links to these files reflect file not found.
 >  >
 >  > The web server on cvs.synchro.net was hung, it's fixed now.
 >  >
 >  >  > Are they still needed?
 >  >
 >  > Only for Unix sysops (or possibly Unix users).
 >  >
 >  >  > I notice Mtelnet displays ANSI well
 >  >
 >  > mTelnet is a *Windows* program.
 >  >
 >  >  > Has there been a change in source that doesn't
 >  >  > require these files to be installed anymore?
 >  >
 >  > They're not required for Win32 BBSes. And they're only required for very
 >  > specific features of Synchronet-Unix.
 >  >
 >  >  > Or are they just at a different location?
 >  >
 >  > Nope.

 > ok, I'm running linux sbbs. But use my windows box to access it most of the
 > time. And it looked fine...

Did you try running "pico" (external editor), or full-screen SCFG remotely?
That's where the ansi-bbs terminal emulation comes into play.

 > so I wondered when I couldn't cvs the files if
 > something had been changed.

The links were only temporarily broken. They should be working again.

                                                  digital man

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