meh
Termcap capability names are non-unique
While working on a way to programatically generate the capability list, I ran into a duplicate termcap (legacy) code: ML. It can either be:
| variable | capname | TCap Code | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| set_lr_margin | smglr | ML | Set both left and right margins to #1, #2. (ML is not in BSD termcap). |
| set_left_margin | smgl | ML | Set left soft margin at current column. See smgl. (ML is not in BSD termcap). |
Possible solutions:
- Don't include termcap codes (they're for legacy programs so they shouldn't be necessary).
- Don't include the SVr4.0 capabilities (that's where the conflict is).
Thoughts?
https://github.com/meh/rust-terminfo/commit/3ade67fba637d6e90fec02c988dc355f17269cf1
There's also IC that was a duplicate of something else, I just removed the bogus duplicates I found.
Ah, so that's why you don't have those. Ok, nevermind (although I couldn't find a duplicate IC mentioned in the manual).
Although, is it really a good idea to remove IC entierly (parm_ich)? I suggested removing support for SVr4.0 because it's non-standard but parm_ich appears to be a standard capability.
@Stebalien honestly I was just like "why are there even duplicates in here, I'll just remove the ones I feel like are some kind of mistake made by someone else in ages unknown".
I'm fine with either solution.
The ALIASES thing is mostly to help while using the raw interface, and when I find the time to implement generating a Vec<Database> from a terminfo source code.
Instead the TERMINFO one is going to be used for generating a terminfo source code from an existing Database.
TERMCAP is just there so aliases could be generated for the old tcap capability names.
@Stebalien the other IC that was in the manual I got my stuff from is for initialize_color, I wasn't entirely sure which one was the best to remove, and since there's also initialize_pair as Ip I went with the other IC.