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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: TERMCAP and CURSES for the Amiga
Keywords: amiga curses termcap
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Date: 10 Dec 87 22:11:22 GMT
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In article <15788@watmath.waterloo.edu> eadengler@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ed Dengler) writes:
>  I don't need the actual AT&T sources. I just need routines that
>have the same calling names and paramters as CURSES and TERMCAP
>and perform the same functions. I'm sure some people out there have
>hacked together a set of such routines for their own use. I just
>don't want to re-invent the wheel :-).
>
>  I think the copyright AT&T has is just on the original sources, and not
>on the functions these routines perform.
>

Of course one cannot copyright the CURSES "interface".  For the Amiga your
best bet is to use the "screen" functions that come with MANX C 3.40b.  Though
not identical to CURSES, they are very similar to it, and it should not
be a difficult task to convert one to the other.

Good luck.

-- Marco Papa
   Felsina Software