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Date:      Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:03:19 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG, jasone@canonware.com
Subject:   Re: termcap versus terminfo
Message-ID:  <20020117120319.L27310@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <001501c19f3b$94c35280$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
References:  <001501c19f3b$94c35280$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:44:39AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> For starters I'm not particularly a terminfo supporter, my main
> concern is seeing something that's easy to use and works.  But
> I feel the current FreeBSD scheme doesen't work - at least not
> from an administration standpoint.
> 
> The current FreeBSD scheme with the compiled termcap.db
> has terrible documentation.  In fact the only mention of the
> need to use cap_mkdb to build termcap.db is in the cap_mkdb
> man page, and it's not even a mention, it's just a link in
> SEE ALSO.  It's not mentioned in the man page for termcap.
> 
Not true.  It's referenced from the FILES section of termcap(5).

> I don't see as how any admin is going to figure out how to add a terminal
> description other than trial and error so what "user friendliness" gained by
> holding to the human-readable /etc/termcap format is lost in the current
> scheme and really shouldn't be an issue to use in deciding between
> termcap and terminfo.
> 
What's wrong with reading termcap(5)?  :-)


Cheers,
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