-.TP 20
-\*d
-Compiled terminal description database.
-.SH HISTORY
-Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library,
-it had no documented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions.
-Tony Hansen (AT&T) wrote the first \fBinfocmp\fP in early 1984,
-for System V Release 3.
-.PP
-Eric Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an equivalent
-\fB@INFOCMP@\fP for ncurses.
-In addition, he added a few new features such as:
-.bP
-the \fB\-e\fP option, to support \fIfallback\fP
-(compiled-in) terminal descriptions
-.bP
-the \fB\-i\fP option, to help with analysis
-.PP
-Later, Thomas Dickey added the \fB\-x\fP (user-defined capabilities)
-option, and the \fB\-E\fP option to support fallback entries with
-user-defined capabilities.
-.PP
-For a complete list, see the \fIEXTENSIONS\fP section.
-.PP
-In 2010, Roy Marples provided an \fBinfocmp\fP program for NetBSD.
-It is less capable than the SVr4 or ncurses versions
-(e.g., it lacks the sorting options documented in X/Open),
-but does include the \fB\-x\fP option adapted from ncurses.
-.SH PORTABILITY
-X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description of \fBinfocmp\fP.
-It does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.