Talk:Terminfo

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[edit] infocmp vs untic

pcurses had compile/dump programs, which in ncurses evolved to tic/infocmp

Other than ncurses, infocmp was developed at AT&T

• O'Reilly book on terminfo cites Tony Hansen
• comment in source-code for infocmp.c, Tony Hansen, February 23, 1984

untic appears to have been developed independently, and later incorporated by HP and others:

• Dave Regan (December 1, 1986). untic. comp.sources.unix archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
• You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.Dave Regan (June 6, 1991). . comp.sources.unix archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
• UTECH.001. Uniplex (1991/07/25). Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
• untic(1M). HP. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
• Chris Ritson (June, 17 1993). SUMMARY: terminfo/termcap translation. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.

Ross's mytinfo used tconv, as noted here (originally 1994):

• The ADOM Fluff FAQ

Tedickey (talk) 18:50, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] terminfo tutorials

• A termcap/terminfo Description for xterm

Tedickey (talk) 23:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)