> Ahhh. Personally, I find "nsterm-16color" is usually more accurate for > Apple's Terminal. It stands for "NextStep Terminal" (or should I say > "NeXTstep"), which is where Apple's Terminal came from. The only > downside is that nsterm-16color isn't included with some old versions > of ncurses, so I usually tote my own version of it around with me in > ~/.termcap. Yeah, I read a few old posts in the archives where you had explained the benefits of setting up Terminal.app in that way but I think the OP(s) problems at the time were mostly related to locales so I didn't think it to be applicable to my problem. But it does make sense to use your way, I'll have another look through the archives to find the steps you gave to set it up like that.
I'm using Leopard and do you happen to know if the ncurses that comes with that will include nsterm-16color? I also had a look for an /etc/termcap file or equivilent but there isn't one. I gues that's why you use your own ~.termcap ? > It all boils down to what TERM gets set to, and whether that setting > is accurate for the terminal you're using. As for my current problem, i'll just install X which i'm sure will sort it out simply enough. At least I now understand what's causing it which is the main thing so thank you again. Jamie
