Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 22:10:33 +1000 (EST) From: Rick Marshall <rjm@nlc.net.au> To: Kaz Kylheku <kaz@cafe.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@locke.ccil.org>, ache@astral.msk.su, scrappy@ki.net, current@FreeBSD.org, ncurses-list@netcom.com Subject: Re: terminfo-less ncurses Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960424220620.32652C-100000@nhj.nlc.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960410150803.12049B-100000@latte.cafe.net>
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email rjm@nlc.net.au WWW http://www.nlc.net.au/~rjm/ On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > Also let's not foget the TERMCAP environment variable! Any curses program that > doesn't recognize this variable is broken. Filling the environment is a great way to slow down program loads... > Today's UNIX systems could crunch through an 8 megabyte /etc/termcap each time > you run a curses program and still start up the program faster than Microsoft > Word. As long as your'e the only user > > If you could show me that the terminfo format had not changed since > > day one, well, then you'd have an argument. > > Haha. Touche. who cares? tic files are what we distribute and compile as required. Now we have ncurses all the earlier porting problems are rapidly dispapearing too. >
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