Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:11:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= <ache@astral.msk.su> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can we upgrade ncurses? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960405220855.1169E-100000@freebsd.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604060009.EAA02916@astral.msk.su>
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On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, [KOI8-R] =E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7 wrote: > > =09Is there any underlying reason why we can't upgrade Ncurses > > from 1.8.4 (circa 1994) to 1.9.9e (circa current)? > > There the reasons: > Ncurses before 1.9.9 was too buggy. > Righgt now I not yet find enough time to do that. > > > =09If its a matter of someone integrating...I raise my hand... > > for me it means that its one less thing I have to remember not to > > install when I do a make world, so its worth my time commiting an > > upgrade and maintaining the library :) > > OK from me, but please keep in mind following things: > It must be configured for termcap-only, no fallback to terminfo: =09Oh...I was going to do it the opposite way *hang head* =09Just curious (I'll work on it as termcap-only), but what exactly is the difference between termcap and terminfo, and pros/cons of each? > one terminal database must exists in the system. > BSD tputs glitch must be turned on. > Mytinfo library must be replaced with empty library for a while (for > compatibility). > Next step will be replacing curses library with ncurses. > =09replace with or get rid of libcurses? I currently have ncurses installed on both my -stable and -current machines with the symlink from libncurses to libcurses. Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting System | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, Administrator | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://www.ki.net | Communications, Inc
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