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--captoinfo(1m) captoinfo(1m) +captoinfo(1m) User commands captoinfo(1m) @@ -52,118 +56,108 @@
- captoinfo [-vn width] [-V] [-1] [-w width] file ... + captoinfo [tic-option] [file ...] + captoinfo -V -
- 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 capabilities. - - If no file is given, then the environment variable TERMCAP is used for - the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only - the terminal whose name is specified 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 the program - runs. - - -V print out the version of the program in use on standard error and - exit. - - -1 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. - - -w change the output to width characters. - -
- /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database. - - -
- Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated - into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by captoinfo. - 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 - and/or syntax error. - - Nonstd Std From Terminfo - name name capability - ----------------------------------------------- - BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode - CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible - CV ve AT&T cursor_normal - DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode - EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode - FE LF AT&T label_on - FL LO AT&T label_off - XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode - EN @7 XENIX key_end - GE ae XENIX exit_alt_charset_mode - GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode - HM kh XENIX key_home - LD kL XENIX key_dl - PD kN XENIX key_npage - PN po XENIX prtr_off - PS pf XENIX prtr_on - PU kP XENIX key_ppage - - RT @8 XENIX kent - UP ku XENIX kcuu1 - KA k; Tek key_f10 - KB F1 Tek key_f11 - KC F2 Tek key_f12 - KD F3 Tek key_f13 - KE F4 Tek key_f14 - KF F5 Tek key_f15 - BC Sb Tek set_background - FC Sf Tek set_foreground - HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode - - XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities for - forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC high-half - graphics. They were as follows: - - Cap Graphic - ----------------------------- - G2 upper left - G3 lower left - G1 upper right - G4 lower right - GR pointing right - GL pointing left - GU pointing up - GD pointing down - GH horizontal line - GV vertical line - GC intersection - G6 upper left - G7 lower left - G5 upper right - G8 lower right - Gr tee pointing right - Gr tee pointing left - Gu tee pointing up - Gd tee pointing down - Gh horizontal line - Gv vertical line - 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 double-line - capabilities and GG 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 - automatically translated: - - IBM XSI +
+ captoinfo looks in each given text file for termcap descriptions. For + each one found, it writes an equivalent terminfo description to the + standard output stream. termcap tc capabilities are translated + directly to terminfo "use" capabilities. + + If no files are specified, captoinfo interprets the content of the + environment variable TERMCAP as a file name, and extracts only the + entry for the terminal named in the environment variable TERM from it. + If the environment variable TERMCAP is not set, captoinfo reads + /etc/termcap. + + This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1m), with the latter's -I + option implied. You can use other tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w, + and -x. The -V option reports the version of ncurses associated with + this program and exits with a successful status. + + +
+ captoinfo translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into + standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities. It issues a + diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, inviting the user to + check that it has not mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped + capability name. + + Nonstandard Standard tteerrmmiinnffoo + name name From capability + -------------------------------------------------------- + BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode + CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible + CV ve AT&T cursor_normal + DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode + EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode + FE LF AT&T label_on + FL LO AT&T label_off + XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode + EN @7 XENIX key_end + GE ae XENIX exit_alt_charset_mode + GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode + HM kh XENIX key_home + LD kL XENIX key_dl + PD kN XENIX key_npage + PN po XENIX prtr_off + PS pf XENIX prtr_on + PU kP XENIX key_ppage + RT @8 XENIX kent + UP ku XENIX kcuu1 + KA k; Tek key_f10 + KB F1 Tek key_f11 + KC F2 Tek key_f12 + KD F3 Tek key_f13 + KE F4 Tek key_f14 + KF F5 Tek key_f15 + BC Sb Tek set_background + + FC Sf Tek set_foreground + HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode + + XENIX termcap had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box + drawing characters of CCSID ("code page") 437, as follows. + + Termcap + Name Graphic + ------------------------------------ + G2 upper left corner + G3 lower left corner + G1 upper right corner + G4 lower right corner + GR tee pointing right + GL tee pointing left + GU tee pointing up + GD tee pointing down + GH horizontal line + GV vertical line + GC intersection + G6 double upper left corner + G7 double lower left corner + G5 double upper right corner + G8 double lower right corner + Gr double tee pointing right + Gr double tee pointing left + Gu double tee pointing up + Gd double tee pointing down + Gh double horizontal line + Gv double vertical line + Gc double intersection + GG ACS magic cookie count + + If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they are composed + into an acsc string. The double-line capabilities and GG are discarded + with a warning message. + + IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo, but + which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. captoinfo translates the + following AIX extensions. + + IBM XSI ------------- ksel kslt kbtab kcbt @@ -172,20 +166,22 @@ font2 s2ds font3 s3ds - Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automatically translated - to an acsc string. + Additionally, this program translates the AIX box1 capability to an + acsc string. - Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo - capabilities meml (memory lock) and memu (memory unlock). These will - be discarded with a warning message. + The HP-UX terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo + capabilities, meml (memory lock) and memu (memory unlock). captoinfo + discards these with a warning message. -
- This utility is actually a link to tic(1m), running in -I mode. You - can use other tic options such as -f and -x. +
+ /etc/termcap + default termcap terminal capability database + +
The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of - following the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. + following the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
@@ -196,31 +192,32 @@ NetBSD does not provide this application. -
- infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5) - - This describes ncurses version 6.3 (patch 20221126). - -
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> +
+ infocmp(1m), tic(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5) + + - captoinfo(1m) +ncurses 6.4 2023-10-14 captoinfo(1m)