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            Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: 
: > : I agree.  termcap.small is amazingly uncurrent.  However, perhaps some
: > : merging and reducing is in order.  Why is a full cons25 or vt2xx needed?
: > : vi only needs a few capabilities.  I think we mostly use copies of large
: > : termcap entries because copying the whole things is easier.
: > 
: > You have a good point.  My termcap was done so that we could run a
: > number of applications...
: > 
: > Grepping seems unsatisfying to find out which keys are used.  Do you
: > have a list?
: > 
: > Warner
: 
: Is the extra maintenance worth it to save a few hundred bytes?

Generating them automatically can be kind of difficult.  termcap
doesn't change that often.

Warner