Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!hplabs!decwrl!labrea!glacier!jbn From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: TERMCAP and CURSES for the Amiga Message-ID: <17239@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 11:49:43 EST Article-I.D.: glacier.17239 Posted: Tue Dec 8 11:49:43 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 15:03:46 EST References: <15745@watmath.waterloo.edu> <5572@oberon.USC.EDU> Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 21 Keywords: amiga curses termcap In article <5572@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >The sources for termcap and curses are copyrighted by AT&T, and it is illegal >to distribute them over electronic networks. > >-- Marco > Wrong. These mechanisms come from the University of California at Berkeley, and were developed originally by Bill Joy (as part of the VI editor) and Ken Arnold. (AT&T has their own system, called "terminfo", but it hasn't really caught on.) The "termcap" file of terminal properties has been contributed to by hundreds of people, and various versions, none of which seem to get the VT100 quite right, are widely distributed over electronic networks. Berkeley UNIX and VI clones contain copies of the "termcap" file. The source for "curses" is copyrighted by The Regents of the University of California. But you could write your own, compatible version, and several people have. Commercial versions of Curses are available for the IBM PC from Lattice ($89) and Aspen Scientific ($105). Contact The Programmer's Shop, 800-421-8006. John Nagle