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- From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: New curses in the works
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.204243.21587@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 20:42:43 GMT
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- In article <C0Dz4A.KEK@austin.ibm.com>, jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) writes:
- |> I am in the process of porting Curtis Pavel's (sp?) ncurses (also known
- |> as pcurses) library to Linux. Most of the work involves porting the
- |> sgtty interface to the termios interface. This library is more System
- |> V'ish than the current Linux curses. There is keypad support, etc. I
- |> also plan on adding color support.
- |>
- |> The stumbling block I forsee is that the package uses the terminfo
- |> database instead of termcap that is currently used in Linux. Although
- |> all the terminfo data and source needed is included in the ncurses
- |> package, I was wondering what the Linux users group thinks about
- |> terminfo.
- |>
- |> Can terminfo and termcap coexist? Is it wise? Would it be better for
- |> Linux to shy away from termcap and go to terminfo? Should I just modify
- |> the package to use termcap instead? What does POSIX say about termcap vs
- |> terminfo?
- |>
- |> Sorry for the deluge of questions, but I wanted to check with the group
- |> first.
- |>
- |> thanks
- |>
- |> john.
- |>
- |> --
- |> John Stump (auntbea.austin.ibm.com!jstump@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
-
- John, my email was bounced.
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- I am thinking to do the same thing when I get the time. Which version are
- you using? What is the latest version?
-
- H.J.
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