Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:46:43 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i did it again Message-ID: <ef60af090504011346b3104a5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050401095719.GA27661@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <ef60af0905033115291da6d5d7@mail.gmail.com> <20050401012107.GA57109@gothmog.gr> <ef60af0905033117317931e809@mail.gmail.com> <20050401014254.GA60499@gothmog.gr> <ef60af0905033117463eadbfa9@mail.gmail.com> <20050401095719.GA27661@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Apr 1, 2005 11:57 AM, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2005-04-01 03:46, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:42:55 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas > ><keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > >>On 2005-04-01 03:31, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> what is a termcap ? > >> > >> There's a manpage for this one. > > > > > > so termcap is like a x server but then for terminals ? > > Not really. The termcap(5) manpage describes this in (hopefully) > adequate detail: > > % TERMCAP(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual TERMCAP(5) > % > % NAME > % termcap -- terminal capability data base > % > % SYNOPSIS > % termcap > % > % DESCRIPTION > % The termcap file is a data base describing terminals, used, for > % example, by vi(1) and ncurses(3). Terminals are described in > % termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by > % describing how operations are performed. Padding requirements > % and initialization sequences are included in termcap. > % [...] > isnt that the same as xserver does for xclients telling the clients what they can and cant do ?
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