Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 22:10:51 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Current) Subject: Re: modify termcap to support both A[FB] and S[fb]... Message-ID: <19970404221051.PZ02960@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404215247.818A-100000@nagual.ru>; from ??????????????? on Apr 4, 1997 21:53:43 %2B0400 References: <19970404004714.27849@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404215247.818A-100000@nagual.ru>
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As Andrey wrote: > > it seems that screen wants to use A[FB] only... and that cons/xterm > > want to use S[fb]... > > I object, we don't need 1000+1 abbreviations for the same capatibility, > fix screen instead. I object against your objection. :-) ncurses (libdialog?) seems to have made a simlar arbitrary decision about using Sf/Sb. None if them is ``more correct'' than the other one, and i remember a discussion in the XFree86 team that AB/AF are supposedly from SysV land. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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