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From: kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen)
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Subject: Re: Re: How do you link the terminfo library on SysV.2?
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Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 05:04:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 11 05:04:19 1987
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In article <1377@chinet.UUCP> randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) writes:
>In article <449@ambush.UUCP> kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen) writes:
>>But also
>>the disadvantage of not being able to add new attributes to the files.

>	Sure you can.  SysVr2 comes with the tic (terminfo compiler) that
>	allows you to replace any entry in the /usr/lib/terminfo/* that
>	you want.  

Sure, that exactly the point you can replace any existing field but if I
want to include information about using graphic symbols on my teminal i.e.
to make frames around a window - neither the standard termcap or terminfo
supports this, but in termcap you could make new entries (provided you could
find a two-letter code not already in use) however it is impossible in
terminfo since it only allocates addresses (in the compiled entry) for known
fields - which is why the tic command has been altered between SYSVR2 and
SYSVR3 since more entries were added. Fast but clupsy - I'd rather had the
termcap entries split up into several files in /usr/lib/termcap/?/* thus
keeping compatibility between old termcap routines (as used in other UNIX'es)
and the improved speed in finding & readin the entry.

						Kim Chr. Madsen.