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Padding
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   "Padding" means outputting null characters following a terminal
display command that takes a long time to execute.  The terminal
description says which commands require padding and how much; the
function `tputs', described below, outputs a terminal command while
extracting from it the padding information, and then outputs the
padding that is necessary.

* Menu:

* Why Pad      Explanation of padding.
* Not Enough   When there is not enough padding.
* Describe Padding   The data base says how much padding a terminal needs.
* Output Padding   Using `tputs' to output the needed padding.