Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!lkw
From: lkw@csun.UUCP (Larry Wake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: terminfo
Message-ID: <1482@csun.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 88 19:51:08 GMT
References: <508@altos86.UUCP> <8377@smoke.ARPA> <1553@mcgp1.UUCP> <8412@smoke.ARPA> <24729@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8431@smoke.ARPA>
Reply-To: lkw@csun.edu (Larry Wake)
Organization: CSU, Northridge Computer Center
Lines: 15

In article <8431@smoke.ARPA>, Pnews swears gwyn@brl.arpa
(Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) wrote:
>Sure there is documentation.  It's TERMINFO(4) in the manual, which
>closely approximates the Berkeley TERMCAP(5) manual entry.

...so closely that it even helpfully suggests using "tset"...

Both the terminfo and curses documentation for System V could stand a
thorough going-over to eliminate the lingering Berkeley-isms, or at
least indicate them as such.  Or even better, implement them...
-- 
Larry Wake                   		 lkw@csun.edu
CSUN Computer Center	       uucp:     {hplabs,rdlvax}!csun!lkw
Mail Drop CCAD               		 sun!tsunami!valley!csun!lkw
Northridge, CA 91330	     BITnet:	 LKW@CALSTATE