Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:56:56 -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: Ncurses Mailing List <ncurses-list@netcom.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: termcap/curses vs ncurses Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408141213.21256H-100000@freebsd.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604080556.JAA01213@astral.msk.su>
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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, [KOI8-R] Андрей Чернов wrote: > > Okay, but this has to be brought up with termcap only support, > > which to me, means that we are taking a perfectly good library and hacking > > to do something that it wasn't meant to do (namely, use termcap) > > No, it already understand termcap if configured with --with-termcap configure > option. Hacking means remove terminfo database support. Better #ifdef'ed, > and with configure option so it is a chance to pass it back to > maintainers. > I just checked with the maintainers, and they have no intention of patching ncurses to allow for a termcap-only ncurses. If I don't install /usr/lib/terminfo, it will default to using /usr/share/misc/termcap, which will satisfy those that wish to continuing using termcap. Personally, I'm using terminfo here, but I don't know the difference between the two. According to Eric @ ncurses mailing list, anything new in termcap is extensions to bring in terminfo stuff, as termcap isn't being actively worked on, while terminfo is. According to (sorry, don't remember who it was that mentioned it here on current), vendors are starting to ship terminfo entries with their products, to which he is converting to termcap, which seems to indicate that vendors are moving away from termcap as well. Since I'm only hearing from one or two ppl on this subject, I'm assuming that the rest don't really care whether termcap or terminfo is used? 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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