Termcap (terminal capability) is a legacy software library and database used on Unix-like computers that enables programs to use display computer terminals...
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implemented the first terminfo library in 1981–1982 as an improvement over termcap. The improvements include faster access to stored terminal descriptions...
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-soname,termcap.so.4,-rpath,/lib/termcap.so.4 -o termcap.so.4 $ objdump -x termcap.so.4 NEEDED libc.so.6 SONAME termcap.so.4 RPATH /lib/termcap.so.4 In...
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Ncurses (category Termcap)
to support Rogue, a text-based adventure game. It originally used the termcap library, which was used in other programs, such as the vi editor. The success...
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functions from the termcap library, and adding to that. A few years later, Mary Ann Horton, who had maintained the vi and termcap sources at Berkeley...
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terminal capabilities. Depending on the system, tput uses the terminfo or termcap database, as well as looking into the environment for the terminal type...
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sequences were different for different terminals, elaborate libraries such as termcap ("terminal capabilities") and utilities such as tput had to be created...
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capabilities. The termcap (for "terminal capabilities") library was developed for BSD systems. It uses a database stored in the file /etc/termcap. This database...
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rate and any buffers being full. Some terminal control packages, such as termcap, employ "padding" (short delays using millisecond granularity) to allow...
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with all the neat features like spell checking, login/logout watching and termcap support that were "probably too weird to make it into an AT&T product"...
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