Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 12:48:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Tony Kimball <alk@Think.COM> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: termcap/curses vs ncurses Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408124739.21256C-100000@freebsd.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604081458.JAA10195@compound.think.com>
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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Tony Kimball wrote: > > From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 01:26:38 -0400 (EDT) > > =09Is *everyone* set against terminfo? If so, I'll work on 1.9.9 > so that it parses only termcap and doesn't create a .terminfo directory, > just sounds crippling to me :( > > One man's opinion: terminfo is gross over-engineering cruft, and more Okay, I got that opinion well sunk in :) > importantly it is a bother for sysadmin. As long as there is no need Bother for sysadmin? How so? 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, Inchelp
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