[comp.mail.elm] Why does elm not use curses ?

jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (03/24/88)

Is there a specific reason why Elm (1.5, 1.7, maybe 2.0) does not use the
System V curses library for it's screen management?
I think this would be an enhancement which suits two major purposes:
first: screen I/O would be more efficient, and second: it would make the
implementation of terminal-specific cursor- and function-keys easy.



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