Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:12:37 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: erase/erase2 support Message-ID: <200408311712.37221.peter@wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20040823153126.GB77326@green.homeunix.org> References: <20040823153126.GB77326@green.homeunix.org>
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On Monday 23 August 2004 08:31 am, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > After jkh added basic erase/erase2 support a while back, I was > wondering why it didn't really seem to matter. It seems that just > about nothing takes into account the possibility of erase2 (VERASE2) > existing, so I took a look and found the three most noticeable > offenders (ncurses, nvi, and less) are all completely orthogonal. I > went ahead and added support in all three, but I think we need to > decide if the proper course of action right now is to get these > changes accepted and finish implementing erase2; if we don't try to > support it pervasively, I don't feel it has very good value. > > It's a no-brainer to add support to nvi, since it's essentially > "ours" now to do what we want with. How many other OSen have erase2 > support such that the ncurses and less maintainers will see the value > in it? > > See: http://green.homeunix.org/~green/erase2.patch My $0.02 worth: I'm all for it. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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