UNIX WordPerfect Terminal Database

[John Temples]

In article <1991May4.125515.8831 at pegasus.com> richard at pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes:
>I'll bet their termcrap database is some inscrutable binary format just
>to keep mere mortals away.

Yes, the "source" file is binary, and the compiled version is, um,
"binarier".

Is curses sufficiently broken on enough platforms supported by WP that
they had to go and write their own?

The biggest problem I see with the approach they took is that you have
to use their terminal database editor to modify or create an entry.
Since the editor is a screen-oriented application which uses their
terminal database, you can't use it unless you have a functioning
description of the terminal you're on...
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John W. Temples -- john at jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)