[Eug-lug] Computer time

[Bob Miller]

Neil Parker wrote:

> By the way, if you've ever used any full-screen software on the text
> screen (or xterm/konsole/gnome-terminal window), chances are it does its
> full-screen stuff by using the "curses" library.  Well, apparently the
> original version of the curses library was also written by Bill Joy, and
> he made it by ripping his screen-handling code out of vi and wrapping it
> up as a separate library.

It was my understanding that wnj wrote termcap vi, but Ken Arnold
pulled the screen handling parts of vi out to form curses.

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