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Re: termcap issue



khym%azeotrope.org@localhost (Dave Huang) writes:

>     Restore logic for setting the VERASE character.
>     - use terminfo _unless_ the terminal does overstrike.
>     - use terminfo data not only for an unset tty.

>Why "use terminfo" if the tty is already set?

The tty is almost always set to something.  You needed
to set something explicitely to an undefined value to
make tset configure it, which makes tset a bit useless.

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