Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Reading termcap database other than termcap Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 22:54:42 GMT References: <533@tndsyd.oz> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 5 Use the replacement termlib routines I recently posted to alt.sources (mainly to help people porting "elvis"). Not only are the compatible, but they support multicharacter sequences (:foo=...:), which really helps when you're using termcap for other purposes and you want to avoid really strained mnemonics. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com