| Thomas Dickey 2005-05-06, 6:02 pm |
| In comp.unix.solaris Dragan Cvetkovic <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> However, if you are in the UNIX community for quite some time and you keep
> using the same terminology, you are bound to have certain phrases,
> expressions and words associated with them. E.g. how many different ways
> can you find to describe (for me unfortunatelly rather boring) termcap
> and/or term functionality?
Apparently more than just one plus an obvious paraphrase.
> Most probably, both Teer and Stevens draw their inspiration (or did so)
> from the same source which I would also call a "UNIX folklore".
indeed: the millions of books about termcap/terminfo, and just this matches.
> And no, my reply has nothing to do with me being one of Teer's
> reviewers. It's just a common sense.
no, nothing at all...
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