Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!caip!andromeda!njitcccc!ken From: ken@njitcccc.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.unix,net.info-terms Subject: Re: terminfo, termcap, etc Message-ID: <162@njitcccc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-May-86 09:38:31 EDT Article-I.D.: njitcccc.162 Posted: Tue May 20 09:38:31 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 23-May-86 22:39:04 EDT References: <1135@bunker.UUCP> <155@molihp.UUCP> <2774@pegasus.UUCP> <299@enmasse.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NJ Inst of Tech., Newark NJ Lines: 27 Xref: linus net.unix-wizards:15095 net.unix:7241 net.info-terms:510 Summary: Partial miminal list In article <299@enmasse.UUCP>, keith@enmasse.UUCP (Keith Crews) writes: > While we are on the subject of terminfo, does anyone know of a documented > list of terminfo entries that are sufficient to allow curses to work > properly, if not optimally, in all cases? I have found that the minimal requirements are (I think): col and row numbers, clear screen, cursor addressing, and indexing. By indexing Un*x means the control sequence to scroll the screen up a line. About a month back I played with writing one from scratch, and the indexing feature was the one feature I left out, and vi always used the open mode till I put it in. But of course the manual does not say what the minimal requirements are, I guess they just assume you can read minds. Just a clarification: by scrolling up a line I mean what happens on a dumb terminal when you reach the bottom of the screen and type a or a . -- Kenneth Ng: uucp(unreliable) ihnp4!allegra!bellcore!njitcccc!ken bitnet(prefered) ken@njitcccc.bitnet New Jersey Institute of Technology Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center Newark, New Jersey 07102 Vulcan jealousy: "I fail to see the logic in prefering Stan over me" Number 5: "I need input"