Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:53:39 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/lib/libreadline/readline Makefile
Message-ID:  <20041018145339.GA70099@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20041018141302.GA88398@ip.net.ua>
References:  <20041018090314.GA86525@ip.net.ua> <20041018090550.GA59302@nagual.pp.ru> <20041018091004.GC86525@ip.net.ua> <20041018091303.GC59302@nagual.pp.ru> <20041018091903.GD86525@ip.net.ua> <20041018092347.GA59835@nagual.pp.ru> <20041018092747.GB59835@nagual.pp.ru> <20041018115632.GA87870@ip.net.ua> <20041018121120.GA67831@nagual.pp.ru> <20041018141302.GA88398@ip.net.ua>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:13:02PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> Crunched binaries don't use whole libraries either.  The many .o
> files just get linked with libraries the usual way.  (Unrelated,
> but I thought I'd mention this anyway...)

The many files may just needs -ltermcap.

> But then perhaps you can tell me where the APIs for libcurses,
> libmytinfo, libtermcap, libtermlib, and libtinfo are documented,
> so one can decide which pseudo-library to link against in our
> case of libncurses?  If you happen to know...  Because I read
> README and it says it implements the System V curses API with
> some extensions, and it doesn't mention any of the above libs.

Usually it is documented in the manpages and in other formats, like=20
nroff-based, depending on system. Before ncurses we and all BSDs have=20
standard manpages describing termcap functions family and file format for
years. Do you keep some CDs with old BSDs, by chance?
libtermcap =3D libtermlib, historycally
libmytinfo is for some non-standard stuff, maybe terminfo emulation based=
=20
on termcap, I don't remember exactly now.
Curses implementation can be layer on termcap or on terminfo (or even=20
on something else). In later cases it may not provide termcap=20
compatibility or do it poorly. SysV curses API standartization effors=20
shows up relatively recent, many Unix-likes and others (DOS f.e.) have=20
their own not fully SysV API compatible curses-es.

--=20
Andrey Chernov | http://ache.pp.ru/

--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

iQCVAwUBQXPY8+JgpPLZnQjrAQEMFAQA3AeVEVmekPCbqEEGflDCNP2q64Auz7Og
53tATJfatLY5pJtS1RG2bQr3Au2DkdfPgljBomcYctL2oYSWouCHkeQ+CLanLIaa
RcJEXVnbioFDA5rYXRGA8XRsrcWVk6NGTydZqhxyVyb2ihJvYnA0hqt3mhEjq8KA
61FEwcRJIqY=
=feVA
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041018145339.GA70099>