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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 4 Dec 90 22:36:30 GMT
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In article <24221:Dec400:05:0790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>In article <36488@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>> [BSD curses doesn't have all these features that are in SysV curses]
>
>BSD alternate character set: as, ae. Region scrolling: cr. Line insert:
>il. Line delete: dl.

Dan, are you really talking about the curses library, or the termcap library?
In SysV, these features are available at the curses level.

(I also happen to think curses was done poorly from the start, and about 3/4
of it should be removed, but that's another issue.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint
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