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- From: jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump)
- Subject: Re: New curses in the works
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- Message-ID: <C0Hq48.1M7q@austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:38:31 GMT
- References: <C0Dz4A.KEK@austin.ibm.com> <1993Jan6.233334.404@netcom.com>
- Organization: IBM AWD Austin, TX
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- In article <1993Jan6.233334.404@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
- >In article <C0Dz4A.KEK@austin.ibm.com> jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) writes:
- [..deleted..]
- >
- >
- >I, amongst other people, have been working on ncurses. It IS ported to Linux
- >in the sense it compiles AND runs. It still has bugs in screen updates, unless
- >programs utilizing curses are written incorrectly. I've made hooks for color
- >support and graphic characters.
- >Terminfo is not a stumbling block, it is more powerful then termcap, can exist
- >with termcap, and is easier to use.
- >I can send you me copy or upload it to sunsite.
- >
- >Zeyd
- >
- Yes! By all means please upload to the archive sites. With all the
- clamor about not having a decent curses in Linux the last few months,
- I'm surprised you have kept silent about this...
-
- Besides, if there are bugs, we can all be testers and help iron them out
- and get a stable, powerful, and SYSV compatible curses.
- --
- John Stump (jstump@netftp.austin.ibm.com)
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