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diff --git a/lib/termcap/grot/README b/lib/termcap/grot/README deleted file mode 100644 index ba1a19c..0000000 --- a/lib/termcap/grot/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -This is the GNU termcap library -- a library of C functions that -enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way -independent of the terminal type. The GNU termcap library does not -place an arbitrary limit on the size of termcap entries, unlike most -other termcap libraries. - -Most of this package is also distributed with GNU Emacs, but it is -available in this separate distribution to make it easier to install -as -ltermcap. However, use of termcap is discouraged. Termcap is -being phased out in favor of the terminfo-based ncurses library, which -contains an emulation of the termcap library routines in addition to -an excellent curses implementation. ncurses is available from the -usual GNU archive sites. - -See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions. -Additionally: - -This package contains termcap.src, the latest official termcap data -file. By default, it is not installed. The current version contains -some entries that are more than 1023 bytes long, which is the largest -value that is safe to use with the many historical applications that -only allocate a 1024 byte termcap buffer (telnet, for example). If -you make sure that all of your programs allocate buffers of at least -2500 bytes, or let the termcap library do it by passing a NULL -pointer, then it is safe to install the new termcap file, as described -below. - -You can give configure two special options: - --enable-install-termcap install the termcap data file - --with-termcap=FILE use data file FILE instead of /etc/termcap - -Please report any bugs in this library to bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu. -You can check which version of the library you have by using the RCS -`ident' command on libtermcap.a. |