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From: ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: terminfo
Message-ID: <998@rivm05.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 88 12:30:51 GMT
References: <508@altos86.UUCP> <10544@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <26445@think.UUCP>
Reply-To: ccea3@rivm05.UUCP (Adri Verhoef)
Organization: RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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In article <26445@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>Maybe AT&T Unix doesn't have them, but termcap on our Sun has k0-k9, which
 ^^^^^ --------- ^^^^^^^
>specify the sequences transmitted by function keys 0 thru 9 (unfortunately,
>some terminals have more than ten numbered functions keys), and other
>specifiers for other function keys.

 Surprise!  terminfo(4) on our UNIQ System V.3.0 microVAX II has, according
to the manpage, 64 sequences (which is more than ten) for ordinary function
keys, and 85 specifiers for what other funckeys transmit.

 It adds up to 273 capnames for strings, 11 for numbers, and 26 for variable
booleans, and to reassure y'all, all capabilities also have a termcap code.