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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 27 May 1997 15:49:27 +0200
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Noah Friedman <friedman@splode.com> writes:

> So I've just given up on ncurses.  I link xemacs with GNU termcap
> instead, which currently requires editing the Makefile by hand after
> running configure.  There's nothing terminfo buys me that I can't
> already do with termcap.

I don't know about GNU termcap, but termcap is generally considered to 
be a better way to store terminal capabilities, for a number of
reasons:

1) easier access to entries for a terminals (sorted according to
   letters);

2) easier access to entries for a capability (compiled entries);

3) more capabilities.

Are these three points wrong?  Am I a victim of terminfo propaganda?

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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Oh lord won't you buy me a color TV...

