[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Document a .termcap string usable for ...

[tv <tv%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/14643c91dfd7
branches:  trunk
changeset: 491121:14643c91dfd7
user:      tv <tv%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Mar 21 21:40:28 2005 +0000

description:
Document a .termcap string usable for Interix console windows.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml |  12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diffs (33 lines):

diff -r 806f6c3d513f -r 14643c91dfd7 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml     Mon Mar 21 21:39:43 2005 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml     Mon Mar 21 21:40:28 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.4 2005/01/16 02:31:33 grant Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.5 2005/03/21 21:40:28 tv Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="platforms">
   <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
       <para>Interix is a POSIX compatible subsystem for the Windows NT kernel,
        providing a Unix-like environment with a tighter kernel integration than
        available with Cygwin.  It is part of the Windows Services for Unix
-       package, available for free for any licensed copy of Windows 2000, XP,
-       or 2003.  SFU can be downloaded from <ulink
+       package, available for free for any licensed copy of Windows 2000, XP
+       (not including XP Home), or 2003.  SFU can be downloaded from <ulink
        url="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/";>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/</ulink>.</para>
 
       <para>Services for Unix 3.5, current as of this writing, has been tested.  3.0
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
          the same time as the pkgsrc packages, ensure that you use the proper
          pkg_* tools for each type of binary package.</para>
 
+       <para>The TERM setting used for DOS-type console windows (including those
+         invoked by the csh and ksh startup shortcuts) is "interix".  Most systems
+         don't have a termcap/terminfo entry for it, but the following .termcap
+         entry provides adequate emulation in most cases:
+         <programlisting>interix:kP=\E[S:kN=\E[T:kH=\E[U:dc@:DC@:tc=pcansi:</programlisting></para>
+
       </sect3>
     </sect2>