From 48202c147b3465656fe1fabdcfd441fdbc722688 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akib Azmain Turja Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:10:07 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] Suggest to invoke 'eat-compile-terminfo' in manual * eat.texi (Not Recognized, Garbled Text): Suggest to do 'M-x eat-compile-terminfo' when the Terminfo databases aren't working properly. --- eat.texi | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/eat.texi b/eat.texi index 7ee67bd..23445f8 100644 --- a/eat.texi +++ b/eat.texi @@ -969,6 +969,12 @@ Eat. If they don't match, then your shell is probably responsible for the problem. @findex eat-compile-terminfo +If the program is not recognizing the terminal even when +the correct directory is set as @code{eat-term-terminfo-directory}, +probably the precompiled Terminfo databases aren't working properly on +your system. You can invoke the command +@command{eat-compile-terminfo} to recompile it for your system. + If you can't find the directory containing Terminfo databases, you can compile it yourself. First, set @code{eat-term-terminfo-directory} to the directory where to put the Terminfo databases. Then invoke the @@ -990,12 +996,16 @@ program doesn't recognize Eat, and it stays silent instead of reporting that. If the problem isn't resolved after following the instructions in the -previous section, may be your program is blindly assuming that the -terminal is XTerm-compatible. If so, what you are seeing is the -current state of ``XTerm-compliance''. Though it's not really a bug, -we definite want to know what's problem so that we can fix it. -@xref{Reporting Bugs} for instructions on sending bug reports or -feature request. +previous section, probably the precompiled Terminfo databases aren't +working properly on your system. Running the command +@command{eat-compile-terminfo} will recompile it for your system. + +If the problem still persists, may be your program is blindly assuming +that the terminal is XTerm-compatible. If so, what you are seeing is +the current state of ``XTerm-compliance''. Though it's not really a +bug, we really want to know what's problem so that we can fix it and +improve XTerm-compliance. @xref{Reporting Bugs} for instructions on +sending bug reports or feature request. The other potential reason is that Eat is not working. This is definitely a bug, so please report it.