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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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--with-menu-libname=XXX
--with-panel-libname=XXX
- Rather than renaming them abitrarily, a prefix or suffix is
+ Rather than renaming them arbitrarily, a prefix or suffix is
recommended. An "n" prefix provides consistency with ncurses versus
curses, i.e.,
See also the --enable-getcap option.
--with-infocmp-path[=XXX]
- Use this option to override the automatic detection of tic in your
+ Use this option to override the automatic detection of infocmp in your
$PATH when building fallbacks (see "--with-fallbacks").
--with-install-prefix=XXX
This is normally chosen automatically based on the type of system
which you are building on. We use it for testing the configure script.
+ --with-strip-program=XXX
+ When stripping executables during install, use the specified program
+ rather than "strip".
+
--with-sysmouse
use FreeBSD sysmouse interface provide mouse support on the console.
--with-xterm-kbs=XXX
Configure xterm's terminfo entries to use either BS (^H, i.e., ASCII
backspace) or DEL (^?, or 127). XXX can be BS (or bs, 8) or DEL
- (or del, 127).
+ (or del, 127). If XXX is "auto", the configure script chooses BS or
+ DEL according to platform defaults.
During installation, the makefile and scripts modifies the "xterm+kbs"
terminfo entry to use this setting.