[TUHS] Less -- was Termcap vs terminfo

[random832 at fastmail.us]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015, at 14:44, Jacob Ritorto wrote:
> srsly, this is why we have tmux.  or even good old screen, in a pinch.
> 
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man1/tmux.1?query=tmux&sec=1
> 
> each program small and good at its one own thing.

In principle, the functions "detachable terminal session", "terminal
session multiplexer", and "terminal with scrollback", and "translator
from a common VT100 superset to whatever the hell the user is using"
could be four separate programs.