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From: jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: insert character optimization for xterm termcap entry
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Date: 18 Aug 88 07:59:06 GMT
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I would think that whether insert-mode should be preferred over insert
character would depend on the application.

It is unfortunate that the termcap language does not optimally
describe terminals (and terminal-emulators, of course) which have
both capabilities.

Jeff Siegal