ncurses and terminfo are a nightmare, and many decades out of date and unmaintained. When I wrote my own terminal emulator and client it was easier to just sta

ncurses and terminfo are a nightmare, and many decades out of date and unmaintained. When I wrote my own terminal emulator and client it was easier to just start from scratch. Just support a reasonable subset of xterm and telnet. You don't need to delve into support libraries for physical terminals that haven't existed for decades.