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Article #870What is a termcap entry?
From: Mike Cerrato
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 16:14
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 16:14
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That probably looked like a stupid question, but I am new to the mainframe
world . . . Stop me if I'm wrong, but from what I have been able to gather, a
termcap lets the mainframe know how to do things like clear the screen and how
to interperate the cursor and function keys, right?
If that was right, does that mean that if I had the termcap for a TEK 4014, I
would be able to use one? Does the fact that I am on a VAX running VMS change
things?
If this is something everyone else knows already, you can email me answers...
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Michael E. Cerrato Internet: SIROTTO%maple.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu
University of Florida
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