Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:15:14 -0500 From: Richard J Kuhns <rjk@sparcmill.grauel.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libncurses 1.9.9e ready to commit Message-ID: <199604091515.KAA03884@sparcmill.grauel.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408175522.21256X-100000@freebsd.ki.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408175522.21256X-100000@freebsd.ki.net>
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Marc G. Fournier writes: > > Hi... > > Well, I have it ready to plug in, including making sure the > man pages and links are created properly. It compiles and installs > on my machine, and its running on my machine currently. > > I have not removed any of the terminfo functionality, so that > anyone that *wants* to use terminfo can just install the terminfo > database and it will work. Without the terminfo database installed, it > will revert to using termcap instead. > (Boy, take a couple of days off, and it's amazing what you miss ;-).) I need (well, I really really want) terminfo support, so I hope you can and do commit it with terminfo available. I *use*, on mulitple platforms, some of the standard capabilities terminfo supports for printers. Currently, part of my "standard configuration" for a new FreeBSD system is to rebuild libmytinfo with terminfo support; I can then use the same code under SVR4, Solaris, and FreeBSD. I see no problem with having 2 potential sources of terminal/printer info; if you want to make sure you're using the termcap version (for example), just mv the terminfo file out of the way (or set TERMINFO to /tmp). I'm not arguing the relative technical merits of terminfo and termcap; I just don't want to have to worry about YA arbitrary difference between different *ixes. Speaking as someone who develops applications that need to run under multiple *ixes... -- Rich Kuhns rjk@grauel.com PO Box 6249 100 Sawmill Road Lafayette, IN 47903 (317)477-6000 x319
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