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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: termcap str + params -> control seq. How?
Message-ID: <7043@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 5 Apr 91 19:14:28 GMT
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Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>tparm( str, p1, p2, p3, ...) 
>
>is the proper way to instantiate strings with parameters.  Also,
>tputs() is the method used to output non cursor positioning
>strings after instantiation.  tgoto() is a special case and is
>only used for cursor positioning, which means that it is *very*
>tied to cm.  This is all defined in the manual under curses(3x).

Funny, there's *no* mention of "tparm()" in the "curses(3x)" on my
machine.

Of course, there *is* a mention of it in "curses(3v)".

Remember, not *everybody* out there is running the same flavor of UNIX
as you are.  ("You" here meaning "any of you".)  The BSD "termcap"
library has only "tgoto()" for instantiating strings with parameters;
the S5 "curses" library has "tparm()".