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[Barry Margolin]

In article <gog0h3-eee.ln1 at xword.teksavvy.com>,
 "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

>      In fact, my scripts are portable to other terminal types by use
>      of files for each terminal, generated with tput. Using a
>      different terminal is as easy as ". /usr/share/term-sh/$TERM" or
>      something similar. I generated a lot of files a few years ago,
>      but I have never had any call for them, so I'd have to hunt for
>      them.

So you've essentially reinvented the whole termcap/terminfo mechanism?

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