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+#!/bin/sh
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                          #
+#                                                                            #
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation  #
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, distribute    #
+# with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to #
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the  #
+# following conditions:                                                      #
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+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in #
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                        #
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+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR #
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,   #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL    #
+# THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER      #
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING    #
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+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                                  #
+#                                                                            #
+# Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright     #
+# holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, #
+# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
+# authorization.                                                             #
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Author: Thomas E. Dickey
+#
+# $Id: gen_edit.sh,v 1.1 2004/07/11 15:01:29 tom Exp $
+# Generate a sed-script for converting the terminfo.src to the form which will
+# be installed.
+#
+# Assumes:
+#	The leaf directory names (lib, tabset, terminfo)
+#
+
+: ${ticdir=@TERMINFO@}
+: ${xterm_new=@WHICH_XTERM@}
+
+# If we're not installing into /usr/share/, we'll have to adjust the location
+# of the tabset files in terminfo.src (which are in a parallel directory).
+TABSET=`echo $ticdir | sed -e 's%/terminfo$%/tabset%'`
+if test "x$TABSET" != "x/usr/share/tabset" ; then
+cat <<EOF
+s%/usr/share/tabset%$TABSET%g
+EOF
+fi
+
+if test "$xterm_new" != "xterm-new" ; then
+cat <<EOF
+/^# This is xterm for ncurses/,/^$/{
+	s/use=xterm-new,/use=$WHICH_XTERM,/
+}
+EOF
+fi