Date   : Mon, 29 Apr 1985 1617-:00PST
From   : MAX.HARTMAN@ames-vmsb.ARPA
Subject: --- EMACS termcap ---

Richard (Secrist) offered to explain the EMACS termcap "gobbledegook"
and I'd like to take him up on that offer....I am only familiar w/ UNIX
termcap gobbledegook, and that not very recently (I have been working on
RSX-11m/VMS/RT-11/etc.... systems for the paste 2-3 years....  Just what
is the meaning of the infamous "ma" field, that was misteaken (or was it?)
for a keypad "map" definition??  And what about the rest of the stuff...to
be honest, I read that it was an "EMACS termcap entry"...but it just didn't\
hit that it would be all that different from a UNIX termcap entry......care
to elucidate on the differences??

                       -Richard Hartman
                       max.hartman@AMES-VMSB