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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: terminfo
Message-ID: <8412@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 1 Sep 88 02:01:21 GMT
References: <508@altos86.UUCP> <8377@smoke.ARPA> <1553@mcgp1.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1553@mcgp1.UUCP> fst@mcgp1.UUCP (Skip Tavakkolian) writes:
-In article <8377@smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
-> In article <508@altos86.UUCP> clp@altos86.UUCP (Chuck L. Peterson) writes:
-> >Why does terminfo exist?
-> Because termcap was too limited.
-Please explain.

To take just one example, the cursor positioning sequence is not
sufficiently programmable to accommodate some 132-column terminals.