Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!caen!uflorida!bikini!bb From: bb@vixen.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: hpterm vs. xterm Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 91 02:49:37 GMT References: <1991Feb1.130150*Steinar.Haug@elab-runit.sintef.no> <7370301@hpfcso.HP.COM> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: /cis/lightning0/bb/.organization Lines: 21 In-reply-to: steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM's message of 1 Feb 91 20:17:04 GMT In article <7370301@hpfcso.HP.COM> steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) writes: > One thing to consider, if you plan to use xdb or cdb, is that the > full-screen mode of the symbolic debugger requires hpterm rather than > xterm. In accordance with my last posting, I consider this a signifigant enough flaw to justify ditching xdb in favor of gdb/gcc. I still occassionally do program development from home. Was there any really *good* reason to limit this program to hpterm, instead of using termcap or terminfo? -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!mathlab.math.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu