NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/hp/13254

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From: [e-mail] (Gordon R. Strachan)
Subject: Re: tcsh, emacs, rlogin and termcap support
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: tcsh, emacs, rlogin, termcap
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Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:52:18 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>There was some discussion on the termcap for HP-UX but the responses seem to
>indicate that HP does not think (or want) applications to run on multiple
>platforms.  The responses seem to indicate that there are not applications
>which will run on a sun and a HP.  However, there are a few examples of
>applications that we need for all systems and these require the termcap.

I am really confused as to what the problem is here.  Let me see if I
understand.  The problem is you want to run an application, on non HP
machine, like a Sun, from an hpterm window.  Is that correct?  And the problem
is HP didn't give you a termcap entry for the hpterm?  If that is what you
are complaining about then I really don't understand your logic.  The
application is running on the Sun, it is the Sun computer that needs the
termcap, not the HP.  So, in effect, you are complaining that Sun didn't
provide you with the termcap you need.  So why are you complaining to HP if
Sun didn't give you the termcap you needed?

As for other public domain software, anything that uses the curses library
will compile properly.  Any software that doesn't use curses and goes
straight to the termcap, is non portable.  I don't know of any code that does
this.  As for the examples you site, I had no trouble compiling them on my
HP.

Gordon