Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!rca.COM!EVERHART%ARISIA From: EVERHART%ARISIA@rca.COM ("GLENN EVERHART, 609 486 6328") Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Curses and SMG Message-ID: <8707240233.AA08186@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 12:03:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707240233.AA08186 Posted: Thu Jul 23 12:03:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 11:33:56 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 16 While it is true that DEC supplies a version of the curses package that runs under SMG, there ARE alternatives. One such is the curses package that's part of GNU Emacs. That's independent of SMG and is probably closer to the Un*x original. I have no idea how its performance compares with SMG, but if you are looking for a curses package that might conceivably be speedier than SMG, or that might avoid any SMG bugs (and introduce other bugs of its own?), that might be worth a look. The S87 VAX SIG tape has the code, and the 1987 L&T SIG tape from DECUS will also. The VAX tape (Spring '87) can be ordered from the DECUS library 617 480 3418. Look in [VAX87B.GNUEMXV18...]... Glenn Everhart RCA A+D Technology, Bldg. 206-1 Rt. 38 Cherry Hill NJ 08358 609 486 6328 Everhart%Arisia.decnet@ge-crd.arpa