clover.negaard%berkeley@ucharpo.UUCP (03/19/84)
From: Eric Negaard <ucharpo!clover.negaard@berkeley> I have noticed that many terminals that are out now have line drawing character sets, and that these are unsupported in current versions of termcap. I feel that it would be useful to add such specifications to termcap, and am willing to do it if you send me the sequences necessary for your favorite terminal. What I propose is the following: a capability for starting and ending a graphics sequence (similar to "so" and "se"), and eleven other entries for all of the possible graphics characters. Tentative names follow. Gr Begin graphics sequence Ge End graphics sequence Tl Top left corner Tr Top right corner Bl Bottom left corner Br Bottom right corner Hl Horizontal line Vl Vertical line Tj "Tee" or top join Bj Bottom join Lj Left join ( |- ) Rj Right join ( -| ) Cj Center join or intersection ( + ) Has anyone ever done anything like this? Do any of the names clash with existing capabilities? Suggestions for things to add? Please send comments/replies directly to me. Eric Negaard negaard@aerospace or: ucharpo!"l.negaard"@berkeley