On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, ITOH Yasufumi wrote:
On termcap, "cl" in programs and "cl" in database.
This is simple and has no confusion here.
On terminfo,
variable name capability name
------------- ---------------
clear_screen clear
columns cols
lines lines
etc. As you can see, it is a lot more confusing and prone to mistake.
Are you kidding?
Hence my proposal (2 (or 1)). Why you are going to most complex implementation (3)?
BTW, you totally missed this discussion by months. hth. -- NetBSD - Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability