termcap strings that take arguments

David MacKenzie mackenzi at stolaf.UUCP
Sun Nov 27 07:49:30 AEST 1988


The 4.3BSD termcap(5) man page notes that a couple of dozen termcap strings
can take numeric arguments, such as the ones that insert or delete multiple
lines or characters.  How are these parameters passed?  I know that with
the cm capability you call tgoto with the x and y coordinates, but how is
it done for capabilities that only take one numeric parameter?

David MacKenzie
edf at rocky2.rockefeller.edu (usually)



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