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Old 11-04-2014, 12:10 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
Also note that the Kindle bundles ncurses, but not ncursesw, which might be a problem for some apps.

You might also need to bundle a proper terminfo file for xterm, and forcibly use it: the terminfo db bundled on the Kindle sucks.

(cf. htop in USBNetwork for an example of doing just that).
The more I read, the worse this looks.
I don't understand the relationship between all these files - the terminfo directory/files and all the libraries? how can I know what I need or what to call? Should I just compile ncurses and use those libs and should I make a new terminfo file?

I don't see where htop calls or uses the terminfo file. TERM is set to xterm, is there a better one?

So much to learn here! Any help, please?
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