Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:21:59 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "John C. Place" <placej@ctcdist.com> Subject: Re: QNX terminal emulation Message-ID: <199810282323.SAA10944@laker.net>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:35:33 -0500, John C. Place wrote: >On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 04:34:35PM -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote: >> I suspect that you might not find someone with a ready-made solution. >> If that's the case, you might want to get a copy of "termcap & >> terminfo" from O'Reilly. This book should give you enough knowledge to >> *port* the termcap entry you have. I'd use the man page and verify >> each piece of the termcap. >> >Thanks for the reply > >I was hoping I could use the term soutce file that come with qnx or Linux.... >I dont get it why would you need to "port" it. I thought the whole thing >behind termcap was to give it a common "language" ?? Yea, but the caveat is: In theory, theory is the same as practice. But in practice, it's not! (or words to that effect) It may work as is, but I wouldn't bet MONEY on it ;o) Have you ever noticed how different C or Fortran compilers are on different platforms, even when they claim to be *ansi* standard?? Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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