[ale] gentoo term question

[Michael Hirsch]

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 15:16, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> Joseph A. Knapka wrote:
> > Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>Okay, I installed my favorite editor vi on my gentoo box, yet it leaves
> >>me in 'open mode' as in one line at a time.  So I start looking around
> >>and I don't have a termcap file.  I'd a thought that would have been
> >>standard with the install.
> >>
> >>So, any clue as to where I get a termcap file from?
> > 
> > 
> > I just saw a message go by on the kernelnewbies list to
> > the effect of, "nothing uses termcap anymore, you need
> > to install and/or update terminfo instead."
> 
> Yes, that's what I get for being old... :(  Hmmm, I've got terminfo, but 
> vi still is not playing nice.
> 
> I decided to install vim.  It appears we'll get to see how X runs on 
> this box after all, as apparently X is a prerequisite for vim. ;)

Did you try turning off X in your USE variable?

--michael


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