Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 02:23:23 -0400 (EDT) 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: termcap/curses vs ncurses Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408021852.20661A-100000@freebsd.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604080556.JAA01213@astral.msk.su>
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On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, [KOI8-R] =E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7 wrote: > 1.8.6 ncurses can't use termcap directly. 1.9.9 already have mytinfo > integrated. > =09Okay, so 1.9.9 in in Pass #1, mytinfo out completely in Pass #2 (as well as making sure that all references to -lmytinfo are removed) and getting rid of libcurses in Pass #2 (replaced by symlinks to 1.9.9) =09How about libtermcap? > > > proper way: > > > Pass#1: bring up 1.9.9 ncurses > > > > =09Okay, but this has to be brought up with termcap only support, > > which to me, means that we are taking a perfectly good library and hack= ing > > to do something that it wasn't meant to do (namely, use termcap) > > No, it already understand termcap if configured with --with-termcap confi= gure > option. Hacking means remove terminfo database support. Better #ifdef'ed, > and with configure option so it is a chance to pass it back to > maintainers. > =09Ahhhh, okay...I should have thought of that. *sigh* Still learning, ya ya, that's my excuse :) > > > Pass#2: replace mytinfo with fake dummy library > > > > =09What code requires mytinfo that mytinfo can't just be removed > > from the source tree? > > Some ports/vendors already knows about mytinfo for FreeBSD. > =09Can libmytinfo be a symlink like libcurses then? =09Well, let me get through integrating 1.9.9 and then I'll worry about Pass #2+ One at a time :) 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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