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TERMCAP problem with Linux and Informix 4GL - No color!

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Magic Man

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Dec 20, 2000, 10:08:50 PM12/20/00
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This is probably a simple problem to solve, but it's been making me
tear out hair for a few weeks now

My company is switching platforms from SCO Open Server UNIX to a Linux
platform, and I am doing the conversions on the 4GL code.

Under the unix environment, we set the codes for reverse video color
with the SETCOLOR command in the users .profile under Unix. Linux
(apparantly) does not have an equivilant command to SETCOLOR. In
looking at the Informix documentation, the color can be set in the 4GL
code with the ATTRIBUTE setting for DISPLAY statements. But when I
compile the code and run it (both in console and in X-windows), the
colors are not there.

I have a feeling that the problem is in the TERMCAP file. I have
tried setting the TERM and the INFORMIXTERM environment variables for
ansi, pcansi, linux, vt100, wy350, and others. Still no color...

is there anyone out there running Informix RDS 4GL under Linux who has
figured out the color mystery?

Thanks in advance for any advice. You can leave a reply here, or
email to rspe...@hotmail.com

Parker, Jack

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Dec 21, 2000, 9:55:24 AM12/21/00
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Send me your termcap file. I'll take a peek.

cheers
j.

Tsutomu Ogiwara

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Dec 26, 2000, 1:11:04 AM12/26/00
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In article <91t6pt$6q8$1...@news.xmission.com>,
Hi Parker.

Please try this.

Add ZA TERMCAP entry.
ZA=\E[0%?%p1%{0}%>%p1%{4}%<%&%t;1%;%?%p2%t;7%;%?%p3%t;5%;%?%p4%t;4%;m:

see also INFORMIX-4GL Reference Manual III Appendix.

And please try this too.

$ echo "\033[33mYellow\033[0m"
Yellow (Color is Yellow.)

If Color is black, then you need configration your OS,etc...


Original TEMRCAP
v1|vt100|vt-100|DEC vt100:\
:bs:am:xn:xv:pt:cd=\E[J:ce=2\E[K:cl=45\E[H\E[J:\
:cs=%i\E[%d;%dr:cm=%i\E[%d;%dH:co#80:li#24:\
:Hi=\E=:Hf=\E>:HI=^|:Po=\E1:Pe=\E2:\
:bc=\E[D:do=\E[B:nd=\E[C:sr=\EM:up=\E[A:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:\
:ku=\E[A:kd=\E[B:kr=\E[C:kl=\E[D:kh=\E[H:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[0m:\
:k0=\EOP:k1=\EOQ:k2=\EOR:k3=\EOS:\
:k5=\EOn:k7=\EOw:k8=\EOx:k9=\EOy:\
:KA=\EOu:KU=\EOM:KB=\EOv:KC=\EOt:\
:Ki=\EOr:KT=\EOl:KY=\EOS:KZ=\EOq:\
:Kd=\EOm:k6=\EOs: \
:sc=\E7:rc=\E8: \
:gs=\E(0:ge=\E(B:gb=lmkjqx:\

:ZG#0:ZA=\E[0%?%p1%{0}%>%p1%{4}%<%&%t;1%;%?%p2%t;7%;%?%p3%t;5%;%?%p4%t;
4
%;m:

--
Tsutomu Ogiwara from Japan.


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