gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (06/27/84)
I have posted to net.sources a much revised termcap(4) [(5) for BSD] manual entry. It includes the new capabilities supported under terminfo insofar as they can be applied to the termcap universe. Obsolete entries such as the "bs" capability have been flagged as such so that people can get their termcap-using programs converted. The idea is to make the transition (old crufty termcap) -> (improved termcap) -> terminfo as smooth as possible. To this end, I recommend when one is creating new terminal descriptions that he put the obsolete capabilities in the description (to support the older programs) on a separate line (so they can be removed when the programs are all converted). (Mark Horton has not checked or approved this work.)