# Report bugs and new terminal descriptions to
# bug-ncurses@gnu.org
#
-# $Revision: 1.477 $
-# $Date: 2013/05/11 20:03:48 $
+# $Revision: 1.478 $
+# $Date: 2013/06/07 23:27:32 $
#
# The original header is preserved below for reference. It is noted that there
# is a "newer" version which differs in some cosmetic details (but actually
# xterm-256color. However, it adds "nsterm", so it is possible to use the
# nsterm entry from this file to override the MacPorts (20110404) or
# system (20081102) copy of this file.
+# + In OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) the TERM which can be set in the preferences
+# dialog defaults to xterm-256color. Alternative selections are ansi,
+# dtterm, rxvt, vt52, vt100, vt102, xterm and xterm-16color. However,
+# the menu says "Declare terminal as" without promising to actually emulate
+# the corresponding terminals. Indeed, changing TERM does not affect the
+# emulation itself. This means that
+# + the function-keys do not match for dtterm for kf1-kf4 as well as
+# khome/kend
+# + the color model is the same for each setting of TERM (does not match
+# ansi or dtterm).
+# + the shift/control/meta key modifiers from rxvt and xterm variants are not
+# recognised except for a few special cases, i.e., kRIT5 and kLFT5.
+# + the vt52 emulation does not give a usable shell because screen-clearing
+# does not work as expected.
+# + selecting "xterm" or "xterm-16color" sets TERM to "xterm-256color".
nsterm-bce|AppKit Terminal.app v71+/v100.1.8+ with Mac OS X version 10.3/10.4 (bce),
bce, use=nsterm-16color,
# plausible "ansi consoles" -TD
# * additional cleanup of table-of-contents by reordering -TD
#
+# 2013-06-07
+# * added note to clarify Terminal.app's non-emulation of the various
+# terminal types listed in the preferences dialog -TD
+#
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