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+ +- captoinfo(1m) captoinfo(1m) --
+
captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description --
+
captoinfo [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . . --
- captoinfo looks in file for termcap descriptions. For - each one found, an equivalent terminfo description is - written to standard output. Termcap tc capabilities are - translated directly to terminfo use capabilities. +
+ captoinfo looks in each given text file for termcap + descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent terminfo + description is written to standard output. Termcap tc + capabilities are translated directly to terminfo use capa- + bilities. If no file is given, then the environment variable TERMCAP - is used for the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full + is used for the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is speci- - fied in the environment variable TERM is extracted from - that file. If the environment variable TERMCAP is not + fied in the environment variable TERM is extracted from + that file. If the environment variable TERMCAP is not set, then the file /usr/share/terminfo is read. - -v print out tracing information on standard error as + -v print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. - -V print out the version of the program in use on stan- + -V print out the version of the program in use on stan- dard error and exit. - -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other- + -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other- wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters. -w change the output to width characters. --
- /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description - database. +
+ /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data- + base. --
- Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically - be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo - capabilities by captoinfo. Whenever one of these auto- - matic translations is done, the program will issue an +
+ Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically + be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo + capabilities by captoinfo. Whenever one of these auto- + matic 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 + has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random capability and/or syntax error. - Nonstd Std From Terminfo name name capability ----------------------------------------------- @@ -134,11 +129,10 @@ FC Sf Tek set_foreground HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode - XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa- - bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of + XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa- + bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC high-half graphics. They were as follows: - Cap Graphic ----------------------------- G2 upper left @@ -165,14 +159,14 @@ Gc intersection GG acs magic cookie count - If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they - will automatically be composed into an acsc string. The + If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they + will automatically be composed into an acsc string. The double-line capabilities and GG are discarded with a warn- ing message. IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 ter- - minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following - AIX extensions are automatically translated: + minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The follow- + ing AIX extensions are automatically translated: IBM XSI ------------- @@ -183,44 +177,49 @@ font2 s2ds font3 s3ds - Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automati- - cally translated to an acsc string. + Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automati- + cally translated to an acsc string. - Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan- - dard terminfo capabilities meml (memory lock) and memu - (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning + Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan- + dard terminfo capabilities meml (memory lock) and memu + (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning message. --
- This utility is actually a link to tic(1m), running in -I +
+ This utility is actually a link to tic(1m), running in -I mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x. - The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, - instead of following the -v with a trace level n, you + The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, + instead of following the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. --
+
infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5) - This describes ncurses version 5.6 (patch 20080621). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170318). --
- Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> +
+ Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and + Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> captoinfo(1m)-