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  32   * TODO: There are about 40 box drawing code points in CCSID 437;
  33   * were there no XENIX capabilities for the mixed single- and double-
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  47 <H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m 2023-10-07 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
  48 <PRE>
  49 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>                    User commands                   <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
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  54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  55        <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM> description
  56
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  58 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  59        <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<EM>tic-option</EM>] [<EM>file</EM> ...]
  60
  61        <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG>
  62
  63
  64 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  65        <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>  looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>termcap</EM> descriptions.  For
  66        each one found, it writes an equivalent  <EM>terminfo</EM>  description  to  the
  67        standard   output  stream.   <EM>termcap</EM>  <STRONG>tc</STRONG>  capabilities  are  translated
  68        directly to <EM>terminfo</EM> "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities.
  69
  70        If no <EM>file</EM>s are specified, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>  interprets  the  content  of  the
  71        environment  variable  <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG>  as  a  file name, and extracts only the
  72        entry for the terminal named in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> from  it.
  73        If  the  environment  variable  <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG>  is  not  set,  <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> reads
  74        <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>.
  75
  76        This utility is implemented as a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, with the latter's  <STRONG>-I</STRONG>
  77        option  implied.  You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
  78        and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
  79
  80
  81 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Translations-from-nonstandard-capabilities">Translations from nonstandard capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
  82        <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>  translates  some  obsolete,  nonstandard  capabilities  into
  83        standard   (SVr4/XSI   Curses)  <EM>terminfo</EM>  capabilities.   It  issues  a
  84        diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, inviting the user  to
  85        check  that  it  has  not  mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped
  86        capability name.
  87
  88        <STRONG>Nonstandard</STRONG>   <STRONG>Standard</STRONG>                  <EM>t</I<STRONG>t</STRONG><EM>e</I<STRONG>e</STRONG><EM>r</I<STRONG>r</STRONG><EM>m</I<STRONG>m</STRONG><EM>i</I<STRONG>i</STRONG><EM>n</I<STRONG>n</STRONG><EM>f</I<STRONG>f</STRONG><EM>o</I<STRONG>o</STRONG>
  89           <STRONG>name</STRONG>         <STRONG>name</STRONG>     <STRONG>From</STRONG>          <STRONG>capability</STRONG>
  90        --------------------------------------------------------
  91            <STRONG>BO</STRONG>           <STRONG>mr</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>enter_reverse_mode</STRONG>
  92            <STRONG>CI</STRONG>           <STRONG>vi</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>cursor_invisible</STRONG>
  93            <STRONG>CV</STRONG>           <STRONG>ve</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>cursor_normal</STRONG>
  94            <STRONG>DS</STRONG>           <STRONG>mh</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
  95            <STRONG>EE</STRONG>           <STRONG>me</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>exit_attribute_mode</STRONG>
  96            <STRONG>FE</STRONG>           <STRONG>LF</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>
  97            <STRONG>FL</STRONG>           <STRONG>LO</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>
  98            <STRONG>XS</STRONG>           <STRONG>mk</STRONG>      AT&amp;T    <STRONG>enter_secure_mode</STRONG>
  99            <STRONG>EN</STRONG>           <STRONG>@7</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>key_end</STRONG>
 100            <STRONG>GE</STRONG>           <STRONG>ae</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>exit_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
 101            <STRONG>GS</STRONG>           <STRONG>as</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>enter_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
 102            <STRONG>HM</STRONG>           <STRONG>kh</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>key_home</STRONG>
 103            <STRONG>LD</STRONG>           <STRONG>kL</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>key_dl</STRONG>
 104            <STRONG>PD</STRONG>           <STRONG>kN</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>key_npage</STRONG>
 105            <STRONG>PN</STRONG>           <STRONG>po</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>prtr_off</STRONG>
 106            <STRONG>PS</STRONG>           <STRONG>pf</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>prtr_on</STRONG>
 107            <STRONG>PU</STRONG>           <STRONG>kP</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>key_ppage</STRONG>
 108            <STRONG>RT</STRONG>           <STRONG>@8</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>kent</STRONG>
 109            <STRONG>UP</STRONG>           <STRONG>ku</STRONG>      XENIX   <STRONG>kcuu1</STRONG>
 110            <STRONG>KA</STRONG>           <STRONG>k;</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f10</STRONG>
 111            <STRONG>KB</STRONG>           <STRONG>F1</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f11</STRONG>
 112            <STRONG>KC</STRONG>           <STRONG>F2</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f12</STRONG>
 113            <STRONG>KD</STRONG>           <STRONG>F3</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f13</STRONG>
 114            <STRONG>KE</STRONG>           <STRONG>F4</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f14</STRONG>
 115            <STRONG>KF</STRONG>           <STRONG>F5</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>key_f15</STRONG>
 116            <STRONG>BC</STRONG>           <STRONG>Sb</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>set_background</STRONG>
 117            <STRONG>FC</STRONG>           <STRONG>Sf</STRONG>      Tek     <STRONG>set_foreground</STRONG>
 118
 119            <STRONG>HS</STRONG>           <STRONG>mh</STRONG>      Iris    <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
 120
 121        XENIX <EM>termcap</EM> had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box
 122        drawing characters of CCSID ("code page") 437, as follows.
 123
 124        <STRONG>Termcap</STRONG>
 125         <STRONG>Name</STRONG>              <STRONG>Graphic</STRONG>
 126        ------------------------------------
 127          <STRONG>G2</STRONG>      upper left corner
 128          <STRONG>G3</STRONG>      lower left corner
 129          <STRONG>G1</STRONG>      upper right corner
 130          <STRONG>G4</STRONG>      lower right corner
 131          <STRONG>GR</STRONG>      tee pointing right
 132          <STRONG>GL</STRONG>      tee pointing left
 133          <STRONG>GU</STRONG>      tee pointing up
 134          <STRONG>GD</STRONG>      tee pointing down
 135          <STRONG>GH</STRONG>      horizontal line
 136          <STRONG>GV</STRONG>      vertical line
 137          <STRONG>GC</STRONG>      intersection
 138          <STRONG>G6</STRONG>      double upper left corner
 139          <STRONG>G7</STRONG>      double lower left corner
 140          <STRONG>G5</STRONG>      double upper right corner
 141          <STRONG>G8</STRONG>      double lower right corner
 142          <STRONG>Gr</STRONG>      double tee pointing right
 143          <STRONG>Gr</STRONG>      double tee pointing left
 144          <STRONG>Gu</STRONG>      double tee pointing up
 145          <STRONG>Gd</STRONG>      double tee pointing down
 146          <STRONG>Gh</STRONG>      double horizontal line
 147          <STRONG>Gv</STRONG>      double vertical line
 148          <STRONG>Gc</STRONG>      double intersection
 149          <STRONG>GG</STRONG>      ACS magic cookie count
 150
 151        If  the  single-line  capabilities occur in an entry, they are composed
 152        into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.  The double-line capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded
 153        with a warning message.
 154
 155        IBM's  AIX  has  a  <EM>terminfo</EM> facility descended from SVr1 <EM>terminfo</EM>, but
 156        which is incompatible with the SVr4 format.  <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>  translates  the
 157        following AIX extensions.
 158
 159         <STRONG>IBM</STRONG>    <STRONG>XSI</STRONG>
 160        -------------
 161        ksel    kslt
 162        kbtab   kcbt
 163        font0   s0ds
 164        font1   s1ds
 165        font2   s2ds
 166        font3   s3ds
 167
 168        Additionally,  this  program  translates  the AIX <STRONG>box1</STRONG> capability to an
 169        <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
 170
 171        The  HP-UX  <EM>terminfo</EM>  library   supports   two   nonstandard   <EM>terminfo</EM>
 172        capabilities,  <STRONG>meml</STRONG>  (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock).  <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
 173        discards these with a warning message.
 174
 175
 176 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
 177        <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>
 178               default <EM>termcap</EM> terminal capability database
 179
 180
 181 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 182        The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's.  Under SVr4, instead  of
 183        following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level <EM>n</EM>, you repeat it <EM>n</EM> times.
 184
 185
 186 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 187        X/Open  Curses,  Issue  7  (2009) describes <STRONG>tic</STRONG> briefly, but omits this
 188        program.  SVr4 systems provide <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> as a separate application from
 189        <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
 190
 191        NetBSD does not provide this application.
 192
 193
 194 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
 195        Eric S. Raymond &lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt; and
 196        Thomas E. Dickey &lt;dickey@invisible-island.net&gt;
 197
 198
 199 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
 200        <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
 201
 202
 203
 204 ncurses 6.4                       2023-10-07                     <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
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 210 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
 211 <ul>
 212 <li><a href="#h3-Translations-from-nonstandard-capabilities">Translations from nonstandard capabilities</a></li>
 213 </ul>
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 215 <li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
 216 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 217 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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