Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!ditto
From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: terminfo
Summary: termcap can handle input as well.
Keywords: terminfo termcap
Message-ID: <4577@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 17:34:21 GMT
References: <508@altos86.UUCP> <10544@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <10544@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> cjc@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Chris Calabrese[rs]) writes:
>3) terminfo handles input escape sequences, such as what the arrow
>keys return and what the function keys return, keyboard remapping, and
>other useful input features that termcap just don't have.

But termcap *will* have that if you put it in...  A significant advantage
of termcap over terminfo is that it is "free form" ... you can add
capabilities without having to redefine (and recompile) your database.

I'm just playing Devil's Advocate, of course; I think terminfo is
superior overall.
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