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1.1       deraadt     1: << 14 October 1987 >>
                      2: It is probably easiest to make local termcap changes in separate
                      3: files, eg /usr/local/etc/termcap, and encourage people to put
                      4:
                      5:        setenv TERMPATH ~/.termcap:/usr/local/etc/termcap:/etc/termcap
                      6:
                      7: in their shell startup files.  This way local system-wide changes can be
                      8: isolated in /usr/local/etc/termcap and user changes in ~/.termcap, all
                      9: without consuming lots of disk or requiring re-integration of local
                     10: changes when system termcap files change.
                     11:
                     12:        John Kunze
                     13:        termcap@berkeley
                     14:
                     15: << 12 May 1983 >>
                     16: To install this directory on your system:
                     17:
                     18: First determine a list of "common terminals" for your system.
                     19: This list will probably be small, and can be empty if you like,
                     20: but you should probably put your own terminal in it.
                     21:
                     22: Second, edit the editor script "reorder" to use this list instead
                     23: of the list built in to it.  The changes will be evident from looking
                     24: at the script.  Notice that the script contains the terminals in order
                     25: from least common to most common, since the move commands will move them
                     26: to the front in that order, the effect will be to put the most common
                     27: at the front of termcap since that's moved last.  The s.* terminals
                     28: are specials, and although they don't have to go to the front, they are
                     29: probably quite common and really should go near the front.
                     30:
                     31: Third, if you are not a super user and cannot create the directory
                     32: /usr/lib/tabset, make a corresponding directory somewhere you can and
                     33: add a line to reorder to globally change all /usr/lib/tabset's to your
                     34: own path name.  This change is better than just changing the termcap.src
                     35: file because it makes it easier to diff it from newer distributed versions.
                     36: Try to keep the source as is whenever possible, and put mungings into reorder.
                     37:
                     38: Now you can run "make install" which will create an /etc/termcap. Again,
                     39: if you aren't a super user change the cp command to put it where you can.
                     40: In this case you will have to redefine E_TERMCAP in "local/uparm.h", which
                     41: will probably be in subdirectories with the other UCB software.
                     42:
                     43:
                     44: Finally, if you make additions or fixes to termcap, please mail a note
                     45: explaining what you did with the fixed termcap entry (not the whole file,
                     46: please!) to me at one of the addresses below, so it can be incorporated
                     47: back into the original source.  I will normally include anything unless
                     48: there is a good reason not to, but I reserve the right to redo it differently.
                     49:
                     50:        ucbvax!termcap                          (uucp)
                     51:        termcap@berkeley                        (Arpanet)