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Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> writes:

> 	Other than curses, is there a library that will let me parse a
> terminfo string?  I.e. ask for the value of a particular setting?

I don't know of any way to parse it, but have you looked at tput(1)?
It will give the value of termcap or terminfo attributes for any
terminal type that you specify.
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Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org