Using parameterized terminfo(4) capabilities in tput(1)

Joe Kalash kalash at ingres.Berkeley.EDU.ARPA
Thu Aug 21 14:48:50 AEST 1986


In article <1141 at ttrdc.UUCP> levy at ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
>In article <1206 at kitty.UUCP>, larry at kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>>	I have never been able to get any parameterized capabilities (such
>>as ``cuf'', ``vpa'', etc.) to work with tput(1).  I have tried all manner of
>>syntax for passing parameters with no success.
>You can't.  Tput is not set up to handle parameterized capabilities.

	The V.3 version of tput does allow parameter passing, not
that that probably does you any good...


			Joe Kalash
			kalash at berkeley
			ucbvax!kalash



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