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From: daveh@marob.MASA.COM (Dave Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Terminfo/Termcap
Message-ID: <407@marob.MASA.COM>
Date: 8 Sep 88 11:54:22 GMT
Reply-To: daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond)
Organization: ESCC  New York City
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I posted a similar article a few weeks ago and got no response, so
I'll try again.

Given that a particular site has the option of installing Terminfo
and/or Termcap, and chooses to install only one (say Termcap):

If an application is compiled with Terminfo-based Curses, and a site does
not have the required databases on line, what if any remedial action can
the application take ?

Is it reasonable to compile an application with support for both terminal
control methods ?  Or is this something that Curses handles internally ?

Or, is it more reasonable to document the applications dependancy on one of
the two methods ?

Dave Hammond
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