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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: terminfo
Keywords: terminfo termcap curses documentation
Message-ID: <314@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 88 18:55:10 GMT
References: <508@altos86.UUCP> <8377@smoke.ARPA> <1553@mcgp1.UUCP> <1988Sep4.132939.26223@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
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In article <1988Sep4.132939.26223@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) writes:

> Just because you knew how to edit and fix a termcap entry, but not a
> terminfo entry, doesn't make terminfo a bad thing.

One of the problems with terminfo is that one seldom gets the source file
for the terminfo descriptions (ie, the input file for 'tic'). Oh yes, there
is the infocmp command in SVR3.x, but it won't give me the comments in the
original source.

Disclaimer: I like terminfo.
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