Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:09:01 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su> To: scrappy@ki.net Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: termcap/curses vs ncurses Message-ID: <199604080509.JAA01029@astral.msk.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960407235301.20190B-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Apr 8, 96 00:38:24 am"
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> Other then "because nobody has done it yet", why do we have > termcap & curses & ncurses & mytinfo? ncurses alone replaces them all, > except for the fact that everyone seems to be dead-set against terminfo > vs termcap. > > curses is dated '94, termcap is dated '93, and I haven't figured > out what mytinfo is used for, but its dated '92, while ncurses is being mytinfo is terminfo emulator. > actively developed. > > it just looks like a lot of redundant libraries to do the same > thing, with the result of having a bloated set of libraries. proper way: Pass#1: bring up 1.9.9 ncurses Pass#2: replace mytinfo with fake dummy library Pass#3: duplicate ncurses to curses (symlinks) -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849
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