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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!news!kstailey From: kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Curses on NetBSD V1.0 Date: 21 Dec 1994 21:09:20 GMT Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <KSTAILEY.94Dec21160920@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <1994Dec20.103627.8120@eisner> NNTP-Posting-Host: leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov In-reply-to: burns@eisner.decus.org's message of 20 Dec 94 10:36:27 -0500 In article <1994Dec20.103627.8120@eisner> burns@eisner.decus.org (Scott Burns) writes: >Is ncurses a direct replacement for curses from a function name point of view ? ncurses is a complete replacement for curses. It provides SysV-style extensions like line drawing and colors. It seems to be much more intellegent about updating the screen quickly than the curses that comes with NetBSD 1.0 >Does it use termcap or termlib? It uses terminfo, which it provides. >Will the native NetBSD curses be fixed if I did really find a problem? And wait a while since there is too much work and to few core-developers. But why wait when you can upgrade now? K/ /S