X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Finfocmp.1m.html;fp=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Finfocmp.1m.html;h=6b1016e756dd9b430e135482f9d06a03b123f61b;hb=084e3b44fc1c904d5ab941da55f47a237cb15766;hp=30dd3e8829b84d91ce428f672f295d6b270ad01b;hpb=89d66edde5b9525fff1f4343470231344d1ff2c6;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html b/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html index 30dd3e88..6b1016e7 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html +++ b/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html @@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.97 2023/10/14 19:26:28 tom Exp @ + * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.99 2023/11/25 17:10:25 tom Exp @ --> -infocmp 1m 2023-10-14 ncurses 6.4 User commands +infocmp 1m 2023-11-25 ncurses 6.4 User commands -

infocmp 1m 2023-10-14 ncurses 6.4 User commands

+

infocmp 1m 2023-11-25 ncurses 6.4 User commands

 infocmp(1m)                      User commands                     infocmp(1m)
 
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@

SYNOPSIS

-       infocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux]
+       infocmp [-1cCdDeEFgGiIKlLnpqrtTuUVWx]
              [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-Q n] [-R subset]
              [-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory]
-             [termname...]
+             [terminal-type ...]

DESCRIPTION

@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@

Default Options

-       If no options are specified and zero or one  termnames  are  specified,
-       the -I option will be assumed.  If more than one termname is specified,
-       the -d option will be assumed.
+       If no  options  are  specified  and  zero  or  one  terminal-types  are
+       specified,  the  -I option will be assumed.  If more than one terminal-
+       type is specified, the -d option will be assumed.

Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]

        infocmp  compares  the  terminfo  description  of  the  first  terminal
-       termname  with  each  of  the descriptions given by the entries for the
-       other terminal's termnames.  If a capability is defined for only one of
-       the   terminals,  the  value  returned  depends  on  the  type  of  the
-       capability:
+       terminal-type  with  each  of the descriptions given by the entries for
+       the other terminal's terminal-types.  If a capability  is  defined  for
+       only  one  of  the terminals, the value returned depends on the type of
+       the capability:
 
        o   F for missing boolean variables
 
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@
             option to add the BSD-compatibility capabilities  (names  prefixed
             with "OT").
 
-            If  no  termnames are given, infocmp uses the environment variable
-            TERM for each of the termnames.
+            If  no  terminal-types  are  given,  infocmp  uses the environment
+            variable TERM for each of the terminal-types.

Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]

@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
             -r   when using -C, put out all capabilities in termcap form
             -K   modifies the -C option, improving BSD-compatibility.
 
-       If  no  termnames are given, the environment variable TERM will be used
-       for the terminal name.
+       If  no  terminal-types are given, the environment variable TERM will be
+       used for the terminal name.
 
        The source produced by the -C option may be used directly as a  termcap
        entry,  but not all parameterized strings can be changed to the termcap
@@ -180,29 +180,31 @@

Use= Option [-u]

        The -u option produces a  terminfo  source  description  of  the  first
-       terminal  termname  which  is  relative  to the sum of the descriptions
-       given by the entries for the other terminals termnames.  It  does  this
-       by  analyzing  the differences between the first termname and the other
-       termnames and producing a description with use= fields  for  the  other
-       terminals.  In this manner, it is possible to retrofit generic terminfo
-       entries into a terminal's description.  Or, if  two  similar  terminals
-       exist, but were coded at different times or by different people so that
-       each description is a full description, using infocmp  will  show  what
-       can be done to change one description to be relative to the other.
+       terminal terminal-type which is relative to the sum of the descriptions
+       given by the entries for the other terminal-types.   It  does  this  by
+       analyzing  the  differences  between  the  first terminal-types and the
+       other terminal-types and producing a description with use=  fields  for
+       the  other  terminals.   In  this  manner,  it  is possible to retrofit
+       generic terminfo entries into a terminal's  description.   Or,  if  two
+       similar  terminals  exist,  but  were  coded  at  different times or by
+       different people so that each description is a full description,  using
+       infocmp  will  show  what  can  be done to change one description to be
+       relative to the other.
 
        A capability will be printed with an at-sign (@) if it no longer exists
-       in the first termname, but one of the other termname entries contains a
-       value for it.  A capability's value will be printed if the value in the
-       first termname is not found in any of the other termname entries, or if
-       the  first of the other termname entries that has this capability gives
-       a different value for the capability than that in the first termname.
-
-       The order of the other termname  entries  is  significant.   Since  the
+       in  the first terminal-type, but one of the other terminal-type entries
+       contains a value for it.  A capability's value will be printed  if  the
+       value  in  the  first  terminal-type  is  not found in any of the other
+       terminal-type entries, or if  the  first  of  the  other  terminal-type
+       entries  that  has  this  capability  gives  a  different value for the
+       capability than that in the first terminal-type.
+
+       The order of the other terminal-type entries is significant.  Since the
        terminfo  compiler  tic  does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities,
        specifying two use= entries that contain differing entries for the same
        capabilities will produce different results depending on the order that
        the entries are given in.  infocmp will flag any  such  inconsistencies
-       between the other termname entries as they are found.
+       between the other terminal-type entries as they are found.
 
        Alternatively, specifying a capability after a use= entry that contains
        that capability will cause the  second  specification  to  be  ignored.
@@ -212,8 +214,8 @@
 
        Another  error  that  does not cause incorrect compiled files, but will
        slow down the compilation time, is specifying extra  use=  fields  that
-       are superfluous.  infocmp will flag any other termname use= fields that
-       were not needed.
+       are superfluous.  infocmp will flag any other terminal-type use= fields
+       that were not needed.
 
    Changing Databases [-A directory] [-B directory]
        Like  other  ncurses  utilities,  infocmp  looks   for   the   terminal
@@ -225,9 +227,9 @@
        You can also use the options -A and -B to override the list  of  places
        to search when comparing terminal descriptions:
 
-       o   The -A option sets the location for the first termname
+       o   The -A option sets the location for the first terminal-type
 
-       o   The -B option sets the location for the other termnames.
+       o   The -B option sets the location for the other terminal-types.
 
        Using  these  options,  it  is  possible  to compare descriptions for a
        terminal with the same name located in two  different  databases.   For
@@ -311,9 +313,8 @@
                       LL            home-down
                       RSR           reset scroll region
                       -----------------------------------------
-                      DECSTR        soft reset (VT320)
-
 
+                      DECSTR        soft reset (VT320)
                       S7C1T         7-bit controls (VT220)
                       -----------------------------------------
                       ISO DEC G0    enable DEC graphics for G0
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@
        -w width
             changes the output to width characters.
 
-       -x   print information for user-defined capabilities (see user_caps(5).
+       -x   print information for user-defined capabilities (see user_caps(5).
             These  are  extensions  to  the  terminfo  repertoire which can be
             loaded using the -x option of tic.
 
@@ -467,6 +468,26 @@
               compiled terminal description database
 
 
+

EXTENSIONS

+       The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -Q, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i, -l, -p,  -q
+       and -t options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
+
+       SVr4   infocmp  does  not  distinguish  between  absent  and  cancelled
+       capabilities.  Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as  -1  (the
+       internal   value   used   to   represent   missing   integers).    This
+       implementation shows those as  "NULL",  for  consistency  with  missing
+       strings.
+
+       The  -r  option's  notion of "termcap" capabilities is System V Release
+       4's.  Actual BSD curses versions will have a more restricted  set.   To
+       see only the 4.4BSD set, use -r -RBSD.
+
+
+

PORTABILITY

+       X/Open  Curses,  Issue  7 (2009) provides a description of infocmp.  It
+       does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
+
+

HISTORY

        Although System V Release 2 provided a  terminfo  library,  it  had  no
        documented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions.  Tony Hansen
@@ -493,35 +514,15 @@
        adapted from ncurses.
 
 
-

PORTABILITY

-       X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description  of  infocmp.   It
-       does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
-
-
-

EXTENSIONS

-       The  -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -Q, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i, -l, -p, -q
-       and -t options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
-
-       SVr4  infocmp  does  not  distinguish  between  absent  and   cancelled
-       capabilities.   Also,  it shows missing integer capabilities as -1 (the
-       internal   value   used   to   represent   missing   integers).    This
-       implementation  shows  those  as  "NULL",  for consistency with missing
-       strings.
-
-       The -r option's notion of "termcap" capabilities is  System  V  Release
-       4's.   Actual  BSD curses versions will have a more restricted set.  To
-       see only the 4.4BSD set, use -r -RBSD.
+

BUGS

+       The -F option of infocmp(1m) should be a toe(1m) mode.
 
 
-

AUTHOR

+

AUTHORS

        Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
        Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 
 
-

BUGS

-       The -F option of infocmp(1m) should be a toe(1m) mode.
-
-

SEE ALSO

        captoinfo(1m),    infotocap(1m),    tic(1m),    toe(1m),    curses(3x),
        terminfo(5), user_caps(5)
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2023-10-14                       infocmp(1m)
+ncurses 6.4                       2023-11-25                       infocmp(1m)