[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs dialog

[Philip Brown]

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> wrote:
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> SSH from a Mac (default TERM=xterm-color) to a Solaris box and start a
> curses application. curses which doesn't know about xterm-color will
> complain and present you with a severly crippled terminal experience.

There are ways to make color terminals relatively happy with standard
solaris curses.
(I believe, setting TERM=xtermc, rather than xterm-color)
And for the record (and something which you probably know already, but
others might not)
Solaris 10 understands "xterm-color" just fine.