Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 11:29:13 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: Can we upgrade ncurses? Message-ID: <199604060929.LAA07603@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960405220855.1169E-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Apr 5, 96 10:11:41 pm
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As Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Just curious (I'll work on it as termcap-only), but what exactly > is the difference between termcap and terminfo, and pros/cons of each? Terminfo abuses the file system as a database. It introduces new capabilities (e.g. function keys > 9), but that's not to say you couldn't implement them in tercap either. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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