Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site emacs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!bbncca!wanginst!infinet!emacs!joe From: joe@emacs.UUCP (Joe Chapman) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: termcap cs string Message-ID: <111@emacs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 11:58:28 EST Article-I.D.: emacs.111 Posted: Mon Oct 28 11:58:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 05:00:52 EST References: <211@mit-eddie.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Uniworks Inc., Wellesley, MA Lines: 18 <> > Does anything besides GNU Emacs use the cs string? Both CCA EMACS and vi use the cs string; I'd assume that most terminfo/termcap screen editors use it. The alternative is pretty awful, as anyone who scrolls backwards on a non-cs terminal can testify. It seems to me that defining the behavior of cs to be that exhibited by a vt100 is a reasonable thing to do. According to my reading, supported by principles of textual criticism, this is what is implied by the 4.2 termcap(5) manual page. We've had a related problem with vt100 look-alikes: on the vt100, cs also homes the cursor; on some look-alikes it doesn't. If you try to be clever about optimizing cursor motion you can end up in dimension Q. -- Joe Chapman joe@cca-unix decvax!cca!emacs!joe