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If you call <STRONG>tgetstr</STRONG> to fetch <STRONG>ca</STRONG> or any other parameterized
string, be aware that it will be returned in terminfo
notation, not the older and not-quite-compatible termcap
- notation. This won't cause problems if all you do with it
- is call <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> or <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, which both expand terminfo-style
- strings as terminfo. (The <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> function, if configured
- to support termcap, will check if the string is indeed
- terminfo-style by looking for "%p" parameters or "$<..>"
- delays, and invoke a termcap-style parser if the string
- does not appear to be terminfo).
+ notation. This will not cause problems if all you do with
+ it is call <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> or <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, which both expand terminfo-
+ style strings as terminfo. (The <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> function, if con-
+ figured to support termcap, will check if the string is
+ indeed terminfo-style by looking for "%p" parameters or
+ "$<..>" delays, and invoke a termcap-style parser if the
+ string does not appear to be terminfo).
Because terminfo conventions for representing padding in
string capabilities differ from termcap's, <STRONG>tputs("50");</STRONG>
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