Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx slang vs (n)curses

[Андрей Чернов]

> >I think slang is heavily optimised for VTxxx/PC type terminals - I've
> >certainly written programs which are much faster at screen updates using
> >slang than using ncurses.  But that's under Linux - under something more
> >esoteric(!) it may be the other way around.
> 
>       Is that true with the FANCY_CURSES Unix curses libraries
> such as ncurses?  There's no performance difference with the VMS
> curses libraries (which are "fancy") versus slang, but then again,
> those also are optimized for VTxxx terminals, and are really using
> the native SMG$ system services.

slang have serious disadvantage vs. ncurses: it not understand
keypad at all... Maybe it not hits on VT* displays, because
lynx have its own hardcoded VT keys parsing, but it really hits
on all other non-VT-compatible consoles.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
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