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ncurses function key problem - termcap ??
My ncurses program has been displaying "OP" (junk) on pressing F1 (instead of catching it). I have finally discovered that it runs fine (traps F1) when run under screen (program), but not in my login terminal (xterm-color)

I did a check of "Set" and "env" under screen, there is a "TERMCAP" variable, which is not there in my usual terminal. Is this the issue ? How do i set it ?

I have been going through manpages (terminfo. termcap, captoinfo) and run infocmp etc, but i still don't know what exactly to do!

(mac os x 10.5.4 - bash. I have the latest ncurses and ncursesw)

UPDATE:finally at 2 AM I set TERM to "screen", and my progs run fine. Is my xterm-color fine incorrect. What should i do, just replace it with the "screen" file from /usr/share/terminfo ? What is the reason and proper fix ?
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infotocap

infotocap(1)						      General Commands Manual						      infotocap(1)

NAME

       infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description

SYNOPSIS

       infotocap [-vn width]  [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . .

DESCRIPTION

       infotocap  looks in each given text file for terminfo descriptions.  For each terminfo description found, an equivalent termcap description
       is written to standard output.  Terminfo use capabilities are translated directly to termcap tc capabilities.

       -v   print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.

       -V   print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.

       -1   cause the fields to print out one to a line.  Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 charac-
	    ters.

       -w   change the output to width characters.

FILES

       /etc/terminfo	   Compiled terminal description database.

NOTES

       This utility is actually a link to tic, running in -C mode.  You can use other tic options such as -f and  -x.

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), tic(1), infocmp(1), terminfo(5)

       This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20180127).

AUTHOR

       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
       Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

																      infotocap(1)