[comp.sys.amiga.tech] Extensible terminal definitions

peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (05/09/90)

In article <24552@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
> Termcap and Terminfo have no concept of a status line.

Termcap doesn't have a "concept" of anything, so you can always add your
own private sequences. For status lines on televideos (for example), just
use (assuming you use ZS for start, ZE for end, and ZL for length):

	:ZS=\Ef:ZE=\r:ZL=78:
Or, if you like keeping the cursor position and screen mode:
	:ZS=\E_00:ZE=\r:ZL=6:

Useful enough with shell scripts. Too bad terminfo isn't extensible.
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