terminfo, termcap, etc

[Kenneth Ng]

In article <299 at enmasse.UUCP>, keith at enmasse.UUCP (Keith Crews) writes:
> While we are on the subject of terminfo, does anyone know of a documented
> list of terminfo entries that are sufficient to allow curses to work
> properly, if not optimally, in all cases? 
I have found that the minimal requirements are (I think): col
and row numbers, clear screen, cursor addressing, and indexing.
By indexing Un*x means the control sequence to scroll the screen
up a line.  About a month back I played with writing one from
scratch, and the indexing feature was the one feature I left
out, and vi always used the open mode till I put it in.  But
of course the manual does not say what the minimal requirements
are, I guess they just assume you can read minds.

Just a clarification: by scrolling up a line I mean what happens
on a dumb terminal when you reach the bottom of the screen and
type a <cr> or a <lf>.

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