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Re: echotc/echoti

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: echotc/echoti
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:00:26 -0400
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:30:33AM +1300, Atom Smasher wrote:
> what are the differences (practical, theoretical, etc) between:
>
> 	% echotc xxx
> and
> 	% print -n ${termcap[xxx]}
>
> and also between:
>
> 	% echoti yyy
> and
> 	% print -n ${terminfo[yyy]}
>
> thanks...

echotc and echoti output the capability strings directly to the
terminal, with output padding.

Your print statements undergo expansion.

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