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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Hints for using curses (was Re: curses - problem... NO)
Message-ID: <1916@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 89 16:36:16 GMT
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Reply-exos:@crdgw1:To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)

In article <532@mwtech.UUCP> martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes:
|    Use video attributes only to *emphasize* an information, not as
|    the information itself. Though you may assume, todays terminals
|    have (at least) modes for
|         - blinking
|         - underlining
|         - reverse video
|         - half intensity

  You may assume such a thing, but I wouldn't use anything but standout
if you want maximum portability. There are too many really dumb
terminals still out there.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon