From: jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) Subject: Re: New curses in the works Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:38:31 GMT
In article <1993Jan6.233334.404@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
>In article <C0Dz4A.KEK@austin.ibm.com> jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) writes:
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>I, amongst other people, have been working on ncurses. It IS ported to Linux
>in the sense it compiles AND runs. It still has bugs in screen updates, unless
>programs utilizing curses are written incorrectly. I've made hooks for color
>support and graphic characters.
>Terminfo is not a stumbling block, it is more powerful then termcap, can exist
>with termcap, and is easier to use.
>I can send you me copy or upload it to sunsite.
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>Zeyd
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Yes! By all means please upload to the archive sites. With all the
clamor about not having a decent curses in Linux the last few months,
I'm surprised you have kept silent about this...
Besides, if there are bugs, we can all be testers and help iron them out
and get a stable, powerful, and SYSV compatible curses.
-- John Stump (jstump@netftp.austin.ibm.com)