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- From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim)
- Subject: Re: terminfo?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.065813.1815@netcom.com>
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- References: <C1CEEE.LHL@mach1.wlu.ca>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:58:13 GMT
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- In article <C1CEEE.LHL@mach1.wlu.ca> kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca (kevin fisher U) writes:
- >Hello, this is a question I guess directed mainly at the developers of
- >Linux:
- >My question is this, will Linux at some later date support the terminfo
- >database, or will linux continue to use termcap?
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- terminfo support is included with the ncurses package which is currently under
- BETA testing. ncurses.lzh is available on tsx-11.mit.edu, ncurses.tar.Z is on
- sunsite.unc.edu
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- Zeyd
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- >Just a little technical curiosity,
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- >Kevin Fisher ><> | "Thank you. You can't believe everything you
- >kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca | see and hear, can you?" - Hendrix, 'EXP'
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