> Hello!
> 
> I'm thinking of writing a QWK off-line reader, and building
> it under NetBSD/i386. I would like to write it in such a way
> that it would work on various terminal types, including
> things like wscons, xterm etc.
> 
> I remember reading years ago about termcap, which I think
> may have been superceded by terminfo.  If I'm writing in C,

in netbsd there are termcap and curses library. both uses the same
database (unlike linux ncurses and termcap)
> is there a library I can use that will do all the donkey-
> work of digging up the appropriate escape sequences for the
> terminal in use?  My needs are pretty minimal, clearing the
> screen, positioning the cursor and so on.

termcap
 
> I realise there may already be QWK software for NetBSD, I
> haven't looked yet.  I would be interested in the answer to
> this question anyway.
> 
> Regards,
>   - Andy.
>