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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: reversi
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 08:58:25 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 08:58:25 1985
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> They are not the same.  termlib is a newer version of termcap that takes 
> advantage of more terminal features to make screen update more efficient.
> This is true mainly for parameterized terminal like the vt100.  What is
> true is that termlib is a superset of termcap.

Hey!  -ltermlib is the new name for -ltermcap, so that "termcap" now
refers to the database /etc/termcap and "termlib" refers to the small
handful of library routines provided in support of the database.  The
screen update software was provided in a separate library, -lcurses.

With System V Release 2, Mark Horton's "terminfo" was made available.
This is a whole system supplanting the termcap package; the termlib
routines were bundled into the terminfo-based -lcurses.  The terminfo
database is quite different in form from /etc/termcap (e.g., it is
divided into subdirectories for faster access and is pre-compiled).

terminfo != termlib