Unnamed sources report that Claude Robitaille said:
> Hi,
>
> a little while ago I broke something minor in my installation (RH 4.2)
> while updating libraries, etc. Now, many text applications compaint
> about the fact that the terminal is not fully functional (ex: man,
> make menuconfig, etc). Also, I can not get foreign characters.
>
> What program actually control the display? What are its requirements?
Consider termios, terminfo and/or ncurses.
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