On Apr 1, 2005 11:57 AM, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2005-04-01 03:46, Gert Cuykens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:42:55 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 2005-04-01 03:31, Gert Cuykens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> what is a termcap ? > >> > >> There's a manpage for this one. > > > > > > so termcap is like a x server but then for terminals ? > > Not really. The termcap(5) manpage describes this in (hopefully) > adequate detail: > > % TERMCAP(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual TERMCAP(5) > % > % NAME > % termcap -- terminal capability data base > % > % SYNOPSIS > % termcap > % > % DESCRIPTION > % The termcap file is a data base describing terminals, used, for > % example, by vi(1) and ncurses(3). Terminals are described in > % termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by > % describing how operations are performed. Padding requirements > % and initialization sequences are included in termcap. > % [...] >
isnt that the same as xserver does for xclients telling the clients what they can and cant do ? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
