From: Brandon S. Allbery (bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org)
Date: 05/03/93


From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: CURSES (i.e., what's wrong with linux C.?)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 12:13:15 GMT

In article <2945389799.0.p00099@psilink.com> "William Cooper" <p00099@psilink.com> writes:
>This should be in the FAQ if not already. The libs are bsd,
>the man pages go with something else and don't match. ncurses
>is better (and should probably be included in linux glibc in an
>ideal world) and has the extended SYSV functionality. Get it
>from tsx and/or sunsite.

ncurses is evolving much faster than the rest of glibc; when it settles down a
bit it can be considered, I think.

++Brandon (ncurses beta tester)

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Brandon S. Allbery         kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org          bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org

It's not too late to turn back from the "Gates" of Hell... Linux: the free 32-bit operating system, available NOW. Why waaaaaait for NT?