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+<H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m 2023-07-01 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
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-<B><A HREF="captoinfo.1M.html">captoinfo(1M)</A></B> <B><A HREF="captoinfo.1M.html">captoinfo(1M)</A></B>
+<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>captoinfo</B> - convert a <I>termcap</I> description into a <I>terminfo</I> description
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM> description
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>captoinfo</B> [<B>-v</B><I>n</I> <I>width</I>] [<B>-V</B>] [<B>-1</B>] [<B>-w</B> <I>width</I>] <I>file</I> ...
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-V</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-1</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] <EM>file</EM> ...
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>captoinfo</B> looks in each given text <I>file</I> for <B>termcap</B> descriptions. For
- each one found, an equivalent <B>terminfo</B> description is written to
- standard output. Termcap <B>tc</B> capabilities are translated directly to
- terminfo <B>use</B> capabilities.
-
- If no <I>file</I> is given, then the environment variable <B>TERMCAP</B> is used for
- the filename or entry. If <B>TERMCAP</B> is a full pathname to a file, only
- the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable <B>TERM</B>
- is extracted from that file. If the environment variable <B>TERMCAP</B> is
- not set, then the file <B>/usr/share/terminfo</B> is read.
-
- <B>-v</B> print out tracing information on standard error as the program
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> descriptions. For
+ each one found, an equivalent <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description is written to
+ standard output. Termcap <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities are translated directly to
+ terminfo <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities.
+
+ If no <EM>file</EM> is given, then the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is used for
+ the filename or entry. If <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is a full pathname to a file, only
+ the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>
+ is extracted from that file. If the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is
+ not set, then the file <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> is read.
+
+ <STRONG>-v</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as the program
runs.
- <B>-V</B> print out the version of the program in use on standard error and
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on standard error and
exit.
- <B>-1</B> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the
fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
characters.
- <B>-w</B> change the output to <I>width</I> characters.
+ <STRONG>-w</STRONG> change the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-TRANSLATIONS-FROM-NONSTANDARD-CAPABILITIES">TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</a></H2><PRE>
Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated
- into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by <B>captoinfo</B>.
+ into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>.
Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program will
issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it has
not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random capability
GG acs magic cookie count
If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will
- automatically be composed into an <B>acsc</B> string. The double-line
- capabilities and <B>GG</B> are discarded with a warning message.
+ automatically be composed into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string. The double-line
+ capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warning message.
IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but
incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are
font2 s2ds
font3 s3ds
- Additionally, the AIX <I>box1</I> capability will be automatically translated
- to an <B>acsc</B> string.
+ Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automatically translated
+ to an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
- capabilities <B>meml</B> (memory lock) and <B>memu</B> (memory unlock). These will
+ capabilities <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). These will
be discarded with a warning message.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- This utility is actually a link to <B><A HREF="tic.1M.html">tic(1M)</A></B>, running in <I>-I</I> mode. You
- can use other <B>tic</B> options such as <B>-f</B> and <B>-x</B>.
+ This utility is actually a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, running in <EM>-I</EM> mode. You
+ can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of
- following the <B>-v</B> with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
+ following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes <B>tic</B> briefly, but omits this
- program. SVr4 systems provide <B>captoinfo</B> as a separate application from
- <B>tic</B>.
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes <STRONG>tic</STRONG> briefly, but omits this
+ program. SVr4 systems provide <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> as a separate application from
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
NetBSD does not provide this application.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="infocmp.1M.html">infocmp(1M)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></B>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <B>ncurses</B> version 6.2 (patch 20210612).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.4 (patch 20230805).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="captoinfo.1M.html">captoinfo(1M)</A></B>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-07-01 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
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