Converting old file pro processing tables

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Brian K. White (Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:26:28 -0400):
[...]
> I also thought it was possible to put a termcap entry itself right into
> the variable TERMCAP (which normally holds a filename like /etc/termcap
> if it's defined at all)
[...]
> If filepro understands that, then you could really avoid all risk by
> just supplying your own termcap entry in TERMCAP and then set TERM or
> PFTERM to use it and it wouldn't matter what the users fp/termcap has
> or doesn't have.
[...]

Yes, filePro uses TERMCAP (if set) to override /etc/termcap.  However,
don't forget that anything in filePro's termcap file overrides any
settings read from TERMCAP.

So, it may work to set TERMCAP to exactly what your script expects,
and then set PFTERM to "dumb" or something else that you know will not
override your TERMCAP settings.  (Note that I have not actually tried
this to see if it works.)

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