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Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Solaris compiling problem
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Solaris compiling problem |
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Sat, 31 May 1997 05:48:47 -0400 (EDT) |
> I seriously doubt that more uses the curses screen library for screen
> optimization. Rather, it probably uses termcap to get terminal
> capabilities and then sends the escape sequences directly to
> the terminal. In fact, the primary reason I wrote MOST was that the
> screen update of more/less was so poor, that I had to write an
> alternative.
I expect that's correct on a BSD system; on Solaris, to be precise, it uses
the terminfo (curses) library. But I agree that 'more' is getting a little
old. However, 'less' seems to be keeping up.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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