From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 15 17:23:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from nagual.pp.ru (pobrecita.freebsd.ru [194.87.13.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7337A37B423 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:23:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.pp.ru (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e8G0Ni595365 for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 04:23:44 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from ache) Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 04:23:42 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Call for libtermcap ressurection from the dead Message-ID: <20000916042341.A95164@nagual.pp.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: Biomechanoid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just found today yet another ncurses tgoto emulation bug (now can't handle "%.", triggered by 'screen') and am angry-motivated enough for this proposal. Avdantages: 1) We'll be 100%-compatible with all libtermcap programs again. 2) Save LOTS of space for static binaries since libtermcap is extremally small. Opinions? -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message