TERM=gnome - a possible way out

[Harry Putnam]

Michal Jaegermann <michal at harddata.com> writes:

> If you believe in what /etc/termcap says then
>
> gnome|Gnome terminal:\
>         :ut:\
>         :k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:kD=\177:tc=xterm-color:
>
> so these are four extra keys plus "ut", which I cannot find on a man
> page, and otherwise 'xterm-color'.  Unless, of course, termcap
> and terminfo entries are out of sync. Hm, 'infocmp gnome' output
> indeed seems to be shorter than 'infocmp xterm' while
> 'infocmp xterm-color' is the smallest of all three.  I am not
> patient enough in this moment to compare capabilities one by one.
> Still they look quite similar.  Surprise!  You were using
> TERM=xterm as of a few days ago.

You seem to be talking in riddles here.  I'm sure its lack of
understanding on my part.  But you didn't answer if you'd read that
discussion.   It goes on at some length about the difference between
gnome and real xterm.  The participants are people heavily involved in
coding the patches, debugging etc.  Including Thomas Dickey who wrote
and continues to upgrade patch etc, xterm.