Xref: utzoo comp.editors:1787 comp.os.vms:29820 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc Subject: Re: SMG based editor on VAX/VMS Message-ID: Date: 31 Aug 90 18:42:09 GMT References: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: > .-. > |N|ote that Emacs uses termcap but not curses. Probably because > `-' curses has limitations similar to SMG's. Cute graphics. It's easy to convert a terminal program to use Termcap/Terminfo... it's mostly a matter of changing the hardcoded escape sequences. It's a lot harder to make it use Curses... it's often a complete rewrite. Since Emacs already does decent screen updating it's a bit redundant. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com