termcap.db is built from termcap, in

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/share/termcap/Makefile

		David/absolute

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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Richard Massey wrote:

> How does a complete novice edit a termcap file?
> The standard xterm (xterm-r6) has unusual (VT style) escape strings for
> F1 to F4 (k1 to k4) in the file and more usual strings after this.
> I changed the termcap file to reflect the strings expected by our host with
> no effect. I suspect that the problem is that the termcap.db file is what
> is being used :-(. I attempted to edit this using vi but got strange
> xconsole behaviour and reverted to the original settings.
> 
> What I need is function keys reporting the following
> k1(F1)	/E[11~		currently	/EOP
> k2(F2)	/E[12~				/EOQ
> k3(F3)	/E[13~				/EOR
> k4(F4)	/E[14~				/EOS
> k5(F5)	/E[15~				/E[15~ (ie OK)
> etc
> 
> Thanks
> Richard
> 
>