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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan)
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Subject: Re: ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES
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Date: 16 Nov 90 09:10:38 GMT
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In article <1746@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl> demoel@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Ed de_Moel) writes:
>The ANSI standard for device control (not just CRT's but any
>output device!) exists since 1979. It really amazes me
>that UNIX people, unlike the rest of the world keep using
>non-standard (and hence non-portable) code using termcaps
>libraries.

Oh, really?

Please tell me what the "portable" way to write an editor is?

Remember that it needs to work on Unix, under, say, at least 100 different
terminals, under MS-DOS, on an Amiga, under X, etc.

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