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Subj:	Environment setup for VMS Curses.

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Date: 14 Apr 89 22:58:19 GMT
From: mcnc!uunet.uu.net!tektronix!gvgpsa!gvgpvd!tony@crdgw1  (Tony Ivanov)
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Inc., Grass Valley, CA
Subject: Environment setup for VMS Curses.
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I have just spent a couple hours on the phone with a user trying
to get VMS curses up and running.  It seems there is some informa-
tion necessary to run it that I have forgotten (and taken for
granted).

First, you must have a TERMCAP file.  Next, you must either modify
the termcap file or set up a logical name for your terminal type.
Third, you must tell VMS curses where to look for the termcap file.

The termcap file should be 'SYS$LIBRARY:TERMCAP.'.  If you choose to
not put it there, you need to set up a logical name (or symbol)
that points to it.  Logical names override symbols.  As an example
of setting up a non-standard termcap file, assume you wish to put
it in SYS$USERS:[OURLIB.LIB]TERMCAP.VMS, you should then set up a
logical name of:
	$ ASSIGN "/SYS$USERS/OURLIB/LIB/TERMCAP.VMS" TERMCAP
Note, you *must* have a slash (/) at the beginning.

Users can use their own copy of termcap by creating a process-wide
logical or a symbol with above format.

By default, the environment symbol TERM is assigned to your terminal
type (as indicated by show term) followed by a dash followed by the
page width.  To override this and use a pre-defined TERM, set up a
logical name that equivalences TERM with the proper terminal type.
Be sure to enclose the equiv. name in quotes if lower case letters
are in use.  Example:
	$ ASSIGN "vt100" TERM
To make things simple for naiive users, I have modified our termcap
file to alias vt100-80 to vt100 and vt100-132 to vt100-w.
IMPORTANT NOTE: a symbol definition for TERM will *NOT* work.

			-- Tony

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