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Date:Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:10:57 +0000 
Subject:Re: 15.53 - Windows Installer Available 
From:Stephen Isard 
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jeffb@jtbest.demon.co.uk wrote:

> There is a version of Poplog built against libc5. I believe Stephen
> Isard maintains it. 

Yes, guilty as charged.  "Standard" linux poplog doesn't use libc5
though.

> Console-based VED was developed against termcap. I haven't looked into
> whether there is a simple, low-cost upgrade path to something more
> current. 

Although termcap is compiled in, I doubt that if often gets used.  A
quick reading of vdinitseq.p suggests that it is a fallback in case an
appropriate ved<terminaltype>screen.p file, e.g., vedxtermscreen.p,
isn't available, and I think that for most cases there is such a file. 
There's vedlinuxscreen.p for the linux console. 

In fact, vdtermcap.p includes an explicit opt-out for a system lacking
termcap:
------------
#_IF DEF NCR
	/*	Termcap not available -- see comment in "termcap.p"
	*/
define vedtermcapscreen(_);
enddefine;
#_TERMIN_IF true
#_ENDIF
------------

Stephen Isard