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Re: "Cannot open termcap database file"
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despen |
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Re: "Cannot open termcap database file" |
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Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:55:12 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
kj <no.email@please.post> writes:
> The Emacs port provided by MacPorts (Emacs 23.2.1) won't start on
> OS X Snow Leopard.
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> The error message is:
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> emacs: "Cannot open termcap database file"
My guess is that emacs is really looking for a terminfo
file. When it didn't find that, it then tried the older termcap.
Anyway, not an OS X user, but check this first:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10589416&tstart=0
If that doesn't help, look around for a terminfo file, it will probably
be part of the libncurses package.