Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Use of terminal attributes (was [no useful subject] )

[T.E.Dickey]

> > > > /usr/include/curses.h  <== exists
> > > > /usr/lib/libcurses.a <== softlink to //usr/lib/libncurses.a
> > > 
> > > Yes, there are two slashes.
> > 
> Ummm.  Depends.  Posix, in its rationale, recognizes that some
> use a path of the form:  //<host>/<dir 1>/<dir 2>/ ...
> 
> Posix strongly deplores this convention, while accommodating
> it by noting that the effect of a pathname which begins with
> two slashes is implementation dependent.
> 
> (Perhaps this is the origin of the two slashes preceding the
> host name in a URL.)
not really - Apollo had it for ten years before that (and given the nature
of this business, there's no guarantee that was the first either).
 
> Bottom line:  I wouldn't do it.
agreed.
 
> -- gil
> 


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