On Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 11:06:19AM +0000, Johannes Thyssen Tishman wrote:
> 2026-07-05T12:38:13+0200 Walter Alejandro Iglesias <wai@roquesor.com>:
> > On Sat, Jul 04, 2026 at 07:25:20AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > Calling tgetent() late is bizzare, and it made you do this:
> > > 
> > > -       if (pledge("stdio", NULL) == -1)
> > > +       if (pledge("stdio rpath tty", NULL) == -1)
> > >                 err(1, "pledge");
> > > 
> > > In a word: Nope.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I've had this patch for a while.  I didn't post it here because I
> > thought no one would be interested.  Now I've updated it with the latest
> > sources.
> > 
> > When you pipe the output to a file it does not send the highlight code.
> > 
> > It also corrects separation between rows of months with cal -y.
> 
> Hi Walter, thanks for sharing. I see that you did some things
> differently in your patch. Perhaps you could send these as suggestions
> to the patch I sent if you prefer them? This way we can avoid splitting
> the thread.

Sorry!  You're right, this is your project.  Take what’s useful to you
from it and throw the rest away. :-)

> 
> I've also thought about printing the calendar day by day directly in the
> loop instead filling a buffer first. Perhaps others have an opinion on
> this. However, I think it's better to get the escape sequences with
> tgetstr instead of hardcoding them, as this honors termcap.
> 
> Regarding the separation between rows of months with cal -y, I see your
> point. However, the rows all have a hight of 8 lines. Yes, there's not
> always an empty line between months, but I think I prefer a consistent
> grid. Perhaps this could be discussed in a separate thread.
> 

-- 
Walter