gag@chinet.chi.il.us (Gregory A. Gulik) (05/29/89)
I have a 3B15 at pretty much my disposal, and have been busy installing fun little programs I've found on the net to satisfy the couple dozen people that actually use it. I've come across a problem, many of the programs require the use of termcap or termlib libraries, which unfortunately our 3B doesn't have because it's on version 2.1.1 of UNIX. The question is: Is it possible to get around the libraries in some way? Another question is: Does anyone have PD source so I can simulate them? How about another?: Any better ideas? (No, we can't get a newet version of UNIX, yet..) Help!!! -- Gregory Gulik At school/work: gulik@depaul.edu || gag@csc3b.depaul.edu At play: gag@chinet.chi.il.us Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sources Subject: Help with outdated UNIX! Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: gag@chinet.chi.il.us (Gregory A. Gulik) Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Chinet - Chicago, Ill Keywords: termcap termlib UNIX aaaaargh! I have a 3B15 at pretty much my disposal, and I have been busy installing fun little programs I've found on the net to satisfy the couple dozen people that actually use it. I've come across a problem, many of the programs require the use of termcap or termlib libraries, which unfortunately our 3B doesn't have because it's on version 2.1.1 of UNIX. The question is: Is it possible to get around the libraries in some way? Another question is: Does anyone have PD source so I can simulate them? How about another?: Any better ideas? (No, we can't get a newer version of UNIX, yet..) Help!!! -- Gregory Gulik At school/work: gulik@depaul.edu || gag@csc3b.depaul.edu At play: gag@chinet.chi.il.us
rob@PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) (05/29/89)
In article <8579@chinet.chi.il.us> gag@chinet.chi.il.us (Gregory A. Gulik) writes:
+I've come across a problem, many of the programs require the use
+of termcap or termlib libraries, which unfortunately our
+3B doesn't have because it's on version 2.1.1 of UNIX.
If the program access the termcap database only through the termlib libraries,
then simply use the curses library in its place. The curses library contains
those low level functions that comprise termlib.
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