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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: termcap/info need new field
Message-ID: <6412@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 11:47:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6412
Posted: Wed Sep  9 11:47:39 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Sep-87 03:54:36 EDT
References: <3719cc9c.b0a1@apollo.uucp>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3719cc9c.b0a1@apollo.uucp> arnold@apollo.UUCP (Ken Arnold) writes:
-Termcap/terminfo desperately need a new field which says that the
-te/exit_ca_mode field makes the stuff on the screen disappears.
-...  Termcap/terminfo needs to
-distinguish so that programs which want people to read the last screen
-know whether they have to have the user "hit any key to continue"* or
-just exit.

This seems like a legitimate need, although there are other similar
situations (entering "te" may make the screen disappear, too).  If
Horton (or whoever is currently in charge of terminfo at AT&T) wants
to discuss this, I'd be willing to coordinate its addition to termcap.