On 13/04/15 10:29, Tim Connors wrote:
> Whoever invented tite was a moron

Well, it dates back to those days when our computers didn't have heaps
of ram to waste on a display buffer, so we used the display memory in
the terminals (sure beat line based editing). Some of the fancier
terminals had extra ram, which enabled multipage displays; the ti/te
escape sequences allowed access to a second display page. Now that we
have multiple virtual terminals and plenty of scroll memory, it does
feel like it is time to move on!

Glenn
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