Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 15:23:16 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: scrappy@ki.net Cc: ache@astral.msk.su, esr@locke.ccil.org, current@FreeBSD.org, ncurses-list@netcom.com Subject: Re: terminfo-less ncurses Message-ID: <199604082223.PAA03175@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960408001856.20190D-100000@freebsd.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Apr 8, 96 00:32:48 am
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> > give much faster results for searches. Terminfo is not extendable. > > Modern termcap have all terminfo cababilities. > > What do you mean by "extendable"? My understanding of terminfo > is that its mainly a "compiled" termcap entry, spread over a directory > tree structure vs one flat file...other then that, they have the same > features. If you add attribute "foo", since the on disk data is a binary data file contatining a structure, all on-disk data files must be changes and all statically linked programs must be relinked to get the new sizof(struct) and element layout. I rememebr a conversation where a former boss was arguing heatedly about terminfo being a "piece of shit", and basically lambasting it up and down in front of an audience of 6 or 8 people. One of them came forward and said "Excuse me. I'm Bill Joy, and I wrote terminfo...". 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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