Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 00:32:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= <ache@astral.msk.su> Cc: esr@locke.ccil.org, current@freebsd.org, ncurses-list@netcom.com Subject: Re: terminfo-less ncurses Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408001856.20190D-100000@freebsd.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604080408.IAA00669@astral.msk.su>
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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, [KOI8-R] =E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7 wrote: > > Note: This is being CC'd into current@freebsd.org... > > > > On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > > > > =09Odd question, but, if I wish to totally disable terminfo and > > > > use termcap-only for ncurses, how would I go about doing that? I'v= e > > > > looked through configure for any options, and found none, but I'm > > > > assuming that there is a way of doing this? > > > > > > There's no way to do this, nor am I interested in creating one. I'm = trying > > > to kill off termcap, not give it new life. > > > > > > Why on earth do you want this? > > Terminfo abuses filesystem with its database, Berkeley *.db termcap datab= ase > give much faster results for searches. Terminfo is not extendable. > Modern termcap have all terminfo cababilities. =09What do you mean by "extendable"? My understanding of terminfo is that its mainly a "compiled" termcap entry, spread over a directory tree structure vs one flat file...other then that, they have the same features. > > try to install a personalized .terminfo directory compiled from the > > /etc/termcap entry? > > Total terminfo disabulity isn't possible with current ncurses, > so additional patch needed. If it will be configure option, > it will be even better. > =09According to one of the developers, they took out the capability to use a pure termcap system, and quite frankly, I'm a little confused as to what is so special about termcap. Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting System | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, Administrator | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://www.ki.net | Communications, Inc
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