Re: linux 2.6.x console's terminfo entry

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:03:20PM +0200, Ingo Brückl wrote:
> The comment preceding linux2.6 seems wrong.
> 
> It reads:
> 
> #      '~' scan line 1
> #      '_' scan line 9
> 
> but should be
> 
> #      'o' scan line 1
> #      's' scan line 9

agreed - fwiw, the comments came from my rework of the linux2.6 entry
to address a Debian bug report:

#                                                                              
# 2016-05-14                                                                   
#      + modify linux2.6 entry to improve line-drawing -TD                     
#      + make linux3.0 entry the default linux entry (Debian #823658) -TD
 
> Furthermore, there are two strange entries in linux2.6's acsc.

but the underscores came from this discussion:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2006-02/msg00021.html
 
> acsc has two underlines between 0 and ` which seems wrong and should be
> removed. The VT100 name for scan line 9 is 's' and IMHO there is no ACS
> name associated with underline.

agreed - it's not in the range usually used for ACS
 
> acsc further reads }c, which prevents printing the UK pound sign and should
> be }} instead.

probably - but to be certain, looking at the kernel source might help

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