How to create the Wyse terminal definition in CentOS/Redhat and most other linux flavors.

The mechanism for modifying an existing terminfo definition is quite simple.

1. Create a source definition for the terminal.
2. Compile the source definition for the terminal into a binary entry in the terminfo database.
3. Copy the new terminal definitions to the /lib/terminfo/w directory for a complete solution.

These 3 simple steps are shown below for the wyse definition (Note the 'vi' editor commands are shown to help out).

1. First you will need a valid Wyse terminal definition to create the .ti file that you will use to compile and create a new Wyse terminfo entries.

Using the vi editor, edit the /tmp/wyse.ti file by typing "vi /tmp/wyse.ti"

Copy and paste this into the file.  (Make sure you are in insert mode by typing "i" in the editor)

Here is the termcap file:

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wy60-42|wyse60-42|wyse 60 80-column 42-lines:\
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wy60-43|wyse60-43|wyse 60 80-column 43-lines:\
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wy60-vb|wyse60-vb|wy99gt-vb|wyse99gt-vb|Wyse 60 and 99GT Visable bell:\
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wy60-w-vb|wy60-wvb|wyse60-wvb|wy99gt-wvb|wyse99gt-wvb|Wyse 60 and 99GT 132-column Visable bell:\
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Next, get out of insert mode in the editor by pressing escape.

Then type :wq and enter to write and quite the editor.

This will create the /tmp/wyse.ti file needed for the next step.

In this compilation of the terminal definition step, type the following at the shell prompt:

# tic /tmp/wyse.ti

This will create the necessary terminfo database entries for the new wyse terminal definition.

Next, for completion, copy the newly created terminal definitions.  Type the following:

cp /usr/share/terminfo/w/* /lib/terminfo/w    and press <enter>

After the items are copied, you can test and examine the definitiions by using "infocmp" utility.

The infocmp command is used to de-compile the binary database entry for the wyse terminal and the output is re-directed to file wyse.ti. This file can then be modified with any editor, in this example vi was shown. Finally , as root user, the tic command is used to compile the source file definition into a compiled binary entry in the terminfo database.

The layout of the source file 'wyse.ti' is explained fully by using the Unix command 'man terminfo'.