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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: termcap (was: modemcap(5) and dial(3))
Message-ID: <9164@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 05:30:13 EST
Article-I.D.: mimsy.9164
Posted: Fri Oct 30 05:30:13 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 06:49:00 EST
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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>In article <9156@mimsy.UUCP> I mentioned:
>>... I wound up using `bo' and `be' for bold, and `ws' and `we'
>>for blink (`w' for `wink').

In article <6629@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
>Ahem, please follow the official TERMCAP(5) provided with 4.3BSD.
>	mb	Turn on blinking attribute
>	md	Turn on bold (extra bright) attribute
>	me	Turn off all attributes

What I used, I selected in 1982.  4.3BSD did not exist then.  `ws'
is now the number of columns if the sysline message area.  (See what
I mean about field name collisions?)

Someday I may finish rewriting the window library.  Until then, it
will continue to use bo, be, ws, and we.
-- 
In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690)
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