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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Termcap/terminfo
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Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 10:59:31 EST
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In article <9290@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>I wanted to be able to write the last character
>of each line, including the last line.  To do this I must know
>whether the cursor will advance and the screen will scroll.  Termcap
>does not tell me.

On terminals like the VT100, what happens in this case depends
strongly on what is output next.  The actual 8085 algorithm in
the VT100 has several quirks that are not feasible to describe
in a regular fashion (e.g. termcap).  On such a terminal it is
best to avoid displaying characters in the last column.  Sorry
about that but I didn't design the bloody terminal.