Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: mod.std.unix Subject: Re: curses, terminfo, and termcap Message-ID: <2376@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 10:02:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2376 Posted: Wed Jul 17 10:02:14 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 16:05:23 EDT References: <2257@ut-sally.UUCP> <2294@ut-sally.UUCP> <247@mcc-db.UUCP> <2366@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 73 Approved: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP Summary: how to get Pavel Curtis' implementation From: John Quarterman (moderator)Topic: curses, terminfo, and termcap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: harvard!panda!genrad!john (John P. Nelson) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 85 09:23:12 edt To: panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!jsq Subject: Re: curses, terminfo, and termcap In-Reply-To: <2366@ut-sally.UUCP> References: <2257@ut-sally.UUCP> <2294@ut-sally.UUCP> <247@mcc-db.UUCP> Organization: GenRad, Inc., Bolton, Mass. Please post this to mod.std.unix, since you have recommended that your readership contact me directly. John P. Nelson (decvax!genrad!john) [moderator, mod.sources] First, if you have access to any of the "standard" UNIX versions of curses, you have got a better version than this one. About the only thing that recommends Pavel Curtis' version of curses is that it is public domain. (Of course, that is pretty significant!) The terminfo implementation seems to fairly solid, however. For large distributions (such as the Pavel Curtis' terminfo/curses - 11 shar format modules plus one more with updates) I try to discourage direct mailing especially when the target site is several uucp hops away. That generally leaves two alternatives: 1. Send a tape in a self-addressed, stamped mailer. I will put the distribution onto tape in tar, 1600 bpi format. If you do this, then make sure you include a note describing what you want put onto the tape (Public Domain Terminfo/Curses package) 2. I can send you the info for our site's "sources" uucp login. This uucp login is limited to transferring to and from a single "sources" directory. I am not making this login public knowledge, because we cannot support any large level of traffic. I am willing to entertain other suggestions. John P. Nelson (decvax!genrad!john) [moderator, mod.sources] GenRad M.S. 96 37 Great Road Bolton, MA 01740 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 85 08:31:57 cdt From: jsq@ut-sally.ARPA (John Quarterman) Subject: Re: PD terminfo, curses, etc. If you are on the ARPA Internet, you can get it by anonymous FTP (login anonymous, password guest) from ut-sally.ARPA from the directory ~ftp/pub/curses, where the files named 1 through 11 correspond to the pieces posted on mod.sources. There doesn't seem to be a standard ARPA Internet repository for mod.sources. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The moderated newsgroup mod.std.unix is for discussions of UNIX standards, in particular of the draft standard in progress by the IEEE P1003 "UNIX Standards" Committee. Submissions to the newsgroup to: ut-sally!std-unix Comments about the newsgroup to: ut-sally!std-unix-request Permission to post to the newsgroup is assumed for mail to the former address, but not for mail to the latter address, nor for mail to my personal addresses. The newsgroup is gatewayed to an ARPA Internet mailing list, accessible as std-unix@ut-sally.ARPA or std-unix-request@ut-sally.ARPA. -- John Quarterman, UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!jsq ARPA Internet and CSNET: jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, soon to be jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU