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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: terminfo vs. termcap
Keywords: Why do we need two different terminal capability widgets?
Message-ID: <15691@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 89 17:23:04 GMT
References: <6966@june.cs.washington.edu> <358@tcsc3b2.UUCP> <443@kps.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <443@kps.UUCP> peno@kps.UUCP (Pekka Nousiainen /DP) writes:
>Is it true that decoding say cursor addressing is significantly faster if
>terminfo is used?

No.

The true difference and reason for preferring terminfo to termcap is
that terminfo does more.  It is not limited to a silly two characters
per entry, and it allows almost arbitrary computation of parameters,
neither of which is true of termcap.

To the user, all else is window dressing.
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