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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:27:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: ecma, bash 2.05, and termcap update
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, JT Williams wrote:

> I hadn't thought about this before, but why couldn't GNU termcap have
> been ported to djgpp?

It could have been done, sure --- I did it once, already, but the port
relied on ANSI.SYS being loaded.

The problem would more likely have been that GNU termcap isn't prepared
for non-Unix platforms at all.  The real problem for a DJGPP app is not
termcap, but terminal emulation itself, which would normally be handled
by the Unix kernel, not termcap.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.