phil.rice@Rand-Relay (03/01/83)
From: Bill.LeFebvre <phil.rice@Rand-Relay>
The documentation for termcap, termcap(5), reads:
"If the terminal needs to be in a special mode when running a
program that addresses the cursor, the codes to enter and
exit this mode can be given as ti and te."
This would imply to me that ti and te only need to be used when cursor
addressing is used. Neither "more" nor "clear" use cursor addressing
(the cm string in termcap). There is, however, a terminal
initialization string, "is", which is supposed to "properly
clear and then set the tabs on the terminal, if the terminal
has settable tabs." There are also two strings that set the keypad
to transmit or not transmit, "ks" and "ke". But, according to the
documentation, there are no generic "set up terminal" and "reset
terminal" strings that are definable with termcap. The supposed "bug" in
more seems to be a problem with the termcap definitions rather than the
program.