From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 7 22:13:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA02217 for current-outgoing; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA02212 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA11668 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:10:13 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Mon, 8 Apr 96 08:10:12 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA01029; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:09:02 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199604080509.JAA01029@astral.msk.su> Subject: Re: termcap/curses vs ncurses To: scrappy@ki.net Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:09:01 +0400 (MSD) Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Apr 8, 96 00:38:24 am" From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL15 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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