i did it again

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2005-04-01 23:46, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Apr 1, 2005 11:57 AM, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
>> On 2005-04-01 03:46, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > so termcap is like a x server but then for terminals ?
>>
>> Not really.  The termcap(5) manpage describes this in (hopefully)
>> adequate detail:
>>
>> %      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 ?

In some ways yes, in other ways no.  The X servers do a better job of
abstracting away some hardware features than termcap.