(efaq)Termcap/Terminfo entries for Emacs


Where is the termcap/terminfo entry for terminal type "emacs"?
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   The termcap entry for terminal type `emacs' is ordinarily put in the
`TERMCAP' environment variable of subshells.  It may help in certain
situations (e.g., using rlogin from shell buffer) to add an entry for
`emacs' to the system-wide termcap file.  Here is a correct termcap
entry for `emacs':

     emacs:tc=unknown:

   To make a terminfo entry for `emacs', use `tic' or `captoinfo'.  You
need to generate `/usr/lib/terminfo/e/emacs'.  It may work to simply
copy `/usr/lib/terminfo/d/dumb' to `/usr/lib/terminfo/e/emacs'.

   Having a termcap/terminfo entry will not enable the use of full
screen programs in shell buffers.  Use `M-x terminal-emulator' for that
instead.

   A workaround to the problem of missing termcap/terminfo entries is to
change terminal type `emacs' to type `dumb' or `unknown' in your shell
start up file.  `csh' users could put this in their `.cshrc' files:

     if ("$term" == emacs) set term=dumb


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