terminfo vs. termcap

[Chris Torek]

In article <443 at kps.UUCP> peno at kps.UUCP (Pekka Nousiainen /DP) writes:
>Is it true that decoding say cursor addressing is significantly faster if
>terminfo is used?

No.

The true difference and reason for preferring terminfo to termcap is
that terminfo does more.  It is not limited to a silly two characters
per entry, and it allows almost arbitrary computation of parameters,
neither of which is true of termcap.

To the user, all else is window dressing.
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