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50 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> - compare or print out <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions
54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
55 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
56 [<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
57 [<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
58 [<EM>termname</EM>...]
61 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
62 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> can be used to compare a binary <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry with other ter-
63 minfo entries, rewrite a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description to take advantage of the
64 <STRONG>use=</STRONG> terminfo field, or print out a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description from the
65 binary file (<STRONG>term</STRONG>) in a variety of formats. In all cases, the boolean
66 fields will be printed first, followed by the numeric fields, followed
70 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
71 If no options are specified and zero or one <EM>termnames</EM> are specified,
72 the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option will be assumed. If more than one <EM>termname</EM> is specified,
73 the <STRONG>-d</STRONG> option will be assumed.
76 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
77 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> compares the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description of the first terminal
78 <EM>termname</EM> with each of the descriptions given by the entries for the
79 other terminal's <EM>termnames</EM>. If a capability is defined for only one of
80 the terminals, the value returned depends on the type of the capabil-
83 <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>F</STRONG> for missing boolean variables
85 <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> for missing integer or string variables
87 Use the <STRONG>-q</STRONG> option to show the distinction between <EM>absent</EM> and <EM>cancelled</EM>
90 These options produce a list which you can use to compare two or more
91 terminal descriptions:
93 <STRONG>-d</STRONG> produces a list of each capability that is <EM>different</EM> between two
94 entries. Each item in the list shows ":" after the capability
95 name, followed by the capability values, separated by a comma.
97 <STRONG>-c</STRONG> produces a list of each capability that is <EM>common</EM> between two or
98 more entries. Missing capabilities are ignored. Each item in the
99 list shows "=" after the capability name, followed by the capabil-
102 The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option provides a related output, showing the first termi-
103 nal description rewritten to use the second as a building block
104 via the "use=" clause.
106 <STRONG>-n</STRONG> produces a list of each capability that is in <EM>none</EM> of the given
107 entries. Each item in the list shows "!" before the capability
110 Normally only the conventional capabilities are shown. Use the <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
111 option to add the BSD-compatibility capabilities (names prefixed
114 If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> uses the environment variable
115 <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> for each of the <EM>termnames</EM>.
118 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
119 The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing for each ter-
122 <STRONG>-I</STRONG> use the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> names
123 <STRONG>-L</STRONG> use the long C variable name listed in <<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>>
124 <STRONG>-C</STRONG> use the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names
125 <STRONG>-r</STRONG> when using <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, put out all capabilities in <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> form
126 <STRONG>-K</STRONG> modifies the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option, improving BSD-compatibility.
128 If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> will be used
129 for the terminal name.
131 The source produced by the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option may be used directly as a <STRONG>termcap</STRONG>
132 entry, but not all parameterized strings can be changed to the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG>
133 format. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will attempt to convert most of the parameterized
134 information, and anything not converted will be plainly marked in the
135 output and commented out. These should be edited by hand.
137 For best results when converting to <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format, you should use both
138 <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG>. Normally a termcap description is limited to 1023 bytes.
139 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> trims away less essential parts to make it fit. If you are
140 converting to one of the (rare) termcap implementations which accept an
141 unlimited size of termcap, you may want to add the <STRONG>-T</STRONG> option. More
142 often however, you must help the termcap implementation, and trim
143 excess whitespace (use the <STRONG>-0</STRONG> option for that).
145 All padding information for strings will be collected together and
146 placed at the beginning of the string where <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> expects it. Manda-
147 tory padding (padding information with a trailing "/") will become
150 All <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> variables no longer supported by <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>, but which are
151 derivable from other <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> variables, will be output. Not all <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
152 <STRONG>minfo</STRONG> capabilities will be translated; only those variables which were
153 part of <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> will normally be output. Specifying the <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option will
154 take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output in
155 <EM>termcap</EM> form. Normally you would use both the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG> options. The
156 actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped charac-
157 ters from terminfo format. For a stricter BSD-compatible translation,
158 use the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option rather than <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.
160 Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of the capabil-
161 ity, not all capabilities are output. Mandatory padding is not sup-
162 ported. Because <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> strings are not as flexible, it is not always
163 possible to convert a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> string capability into an equivalent
164 <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format. A subsequent conversion of the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> file back into
165 <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> format will not necessarily reproduce the original <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
168 Some common <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> parameter sequences, their <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> equivalents,
169 and some terminal types which commonly have such sequences, are:
171 <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> Representative Terminals
172 ---------------------------------------------------------------
173 <STRONG>%p1%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%.</STRONG> adm
174 <STRONG>%p1%d</STRONG> <STRONG>%d</STRONG> hp, ANSI standard, vt100
175 <STRONG>%p1%'x'%+%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%+x</STRONG> concept
176 <STRONG>%i</STRONG> <STRONG>%i</STRONG>q ANSI standard, vt100
177 <STRONG>%p1%?%'x'%>%t%p1%'y'%+%;</STRONG> <STRONG>%>xy</STRONG> concept
178 <STRONG>%p2</STRONG> is printed before <STRONG>%p1</STRONG> <STRONG>%r</STRONG> hp
181 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
182 The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option produces a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source description of the first ter-
183 minal <EM>termname</EM> which is relative to the sum of the descriptions given
184 by the entries for the other terminals <EM>termnames</EM>. It does this by ana-
185 lyzing the differences between the first <EM>termname</EM> and the other
186 <EM>termnames</EM> and producing a description with <STRONG>use=</STRONG> fields for the other
187 terminals. In this manner, it is possible to retrofit generic terminfo
188 entries into a terminal's description. Or, if two similar terminals
189 exist, but were coded at different times or by different people so that
190 each description is a full description, using <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will show what
191 can be done to change one description to be relative to the other.
193 A capability will be printed with an at-sign (@) if it no longer exists
194 in the first <EM>termname</EM>, but one of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries contains a
195 value for it. A capability's value will be printed if the value in the
196 first <EM>termname</EM> is not found in any of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries, or if
197 the first of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries that has this capability gives
198 a different value for the capability than that in the first <EM>termname</EM>.
200 The order of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries is significant. Since the ter-
201 minfo compiler <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities, spec-
202 ifying two <STRONG>use=</STRONG> entries that contain differing entries for the same
203 capabilities will produce different results depending on the order that
204 the entries are given in. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will flag any such inconsistencies
205 between the other <EM>termname</EM> entries as they are found.
207 Alternatively, specifying a capability <EM>after</EM> a <STRONG>use=</STRONG> entry that contains
208 that capability will cause the second specification to be ignored.
209 Using <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to recreate a description can be a useful check to make
210 sure that everything was specified correctly in the original source
213 Another error that does not cause incorrect compiled files, but will
214 slow down the compilation time, is specifying extra <STRONG>use=</STRONG> fields that
215 are superfluous. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will flag any other <EM>termname</EM> <EM>use=</EM> fields that
218 <STRONG>Changing</STRONG> <STRONG>Databases</STRONG> <STRONG>[-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [-B <EM>directory</EM>]
219 Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> looks for the terminal descrip-
220 tions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> and <STRONG>TERMINFO_DIRS</STRONG>
221 environment variables to override the compiled-in default list of
222 places to search (see <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> for details).
224 You can also use the options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> to override the list of places
225 to search when comparing terminal descriptions:
227 <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option sets the location for the first <EM>termname</EM>
229 <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option sets the location for the other <EM>termnames</EM>.
231 Using these options, it is possible to compare descriptions for a ter-
232 minal with the same name located in two different databases. For
233 instance, you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the
234 same terminal created by different people.
237 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
238 <STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without wrapping.
240 <STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line. Otherwise, the
241 fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
244 <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
245 discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
248 <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
251 <STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
252 the C initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capabil-
253 ity structure in the <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for prepar-
254 ing versions of the curses library hardwired for a given terminal
255 type. The tables are all declared static, and are named according
256 to the type and the name of the corresponding terminal entry.
258 Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options was
259 not needed; but support for extended names required making the
260 arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE struc-
263 <STRONG>-e</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C initializer for
264 a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the
265 <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for preparing versions of the
266 curses library hardwired for a given terminal type.
268 <STRONG>-F</STRONG> compare terminfo files. This assumes that two following arguments
269 are filenames. The files are searched for pairwise matches
270 between entries, with two entries considered to match if any of
271 their names do. The report printed to standard output lists
272 entries with no matches in the other file, and entries with more
273 than one match. For entries with exactly one match it includes a
274 difference report. Normally, to reduce the volume of the report,
275 use references are not resolved before looking for differences,
276 but resolution can be forced by also specifying <STRONG>-r</STRONG>.
278 <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif
279 expressions indented for readability.
281 <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their char-
284 <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
285 their decimal equivalents.
287 <STRONG>-i</STRONG> Analyze the initialization (<STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, <STRONG>is3</STRONG>), and reset (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>,
288 <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>), strings in the entry, as well as those used for start-
289 ing/stopping cursor-positioning mode (<STRONG>smcup</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>) as well as
290 starting/stopping keymap mode (<STRONG>smkx</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>).
292 For each string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
293 terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain X3.64/ISO
294 6429/ECMA-48 capabilities, and certain DEC VT-series private modes
295 (the set of recognized special sequences has been selected for
296 completeness over the existing terminfo database). Each report
297 line consists of the capability name, followed by a colon and
298 space, followed by a printable expansion of the capability string
299 with sections matching recognized actions translated into
300 {}-bracketed descriptions.
302 Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special sequences recognized:
305 -----------------------------------------
310 RSR reset scroll region
311 -----------------------------------------
312 DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
313 S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
314 -----------------------------------------
315 ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
317 ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
318 ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
319 ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
320 ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
321 ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
322 -----------------------------------------
323 DECPAM application keypad mode
324 DECPNM normal keypad mode
325 DECANSI enter ANSI mode
326 -----------------------------------------
327 ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
328 ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
329 ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
330 ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
331 -----------------------------------------
332 DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
333 DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
334 DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
335 DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
336 DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
337 DEC[+-]OM origin mode
338 DEC[+-]AWM wraparound mode
339 DEC[+-]ARM auto-repeat mode
341 It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO
342 6429/ECMA Set Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD,
343 UNDERLINE, BLINK, and REVERSE. All but NORMAL may be prefixed
346 <STRONG>o</STRONG> "+" (turn on) or
348 <STRONG>o</STRONG> "-" (turn off).
350 An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to
353 <STRONG>-l</STRONG> Set output format to terminfo.
355 <STRONG>-p</STRONG> Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
357 <STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the com-
358 piled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depending on
365 3 hexadecimal and base64
367 For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string
368 which could be assigned to the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> environment variable:
372 <STRONG>-q</STRONG> This makes the output a little shorter:
374 <STRONG>o</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings,
375 and using "-" for absent capabilities, "@" for canceled rather
378 <STRONG>o</STRONG> However, show differences between absent and cancelled capa-
381 <STRONG>o</STRONG> Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source listings.
383 <STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
384 Restrict output to a given subset. This option is for use with
385 archaic versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX
386 that do not support the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and
387 variants such as AIX that have their own extensions incompatible
390 <STRONG>o</STRONG> Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and
391 "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for details.
393 <STRONG>o</STRONG> You can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only capa-
394 bilities with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD. The
395 <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option sets the "BSD" subset as a side-effect.
397 <STRONG>o</STRONG> If you select any other value for <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, it is the same as no
398 subset, i.e., all capabilities are used. The <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option like-
399 wise selects no subset as a side-effect.
401 <STRONG>-s</STRONG> <EM>[d|i|l|c]</EM>
402 The <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option sorts the fields within each type according to the
405 <STRONG>d</STRONG> leave fields in the order that they are stored in the <EM>ter-</EM>
406 <EM>minfo</EM> database.
408 <STRONG>i</STRONG> sort by <EM>terminfo</EM> name.
410 <STRONG>l</STRONG> sort by the long C variable name.
412 <STRONG>c</STRONG> sort by the <EM>termcap</EM> name.
414 If the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option is not given, the fields printed out will be
415 sorted alphabetically by the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> name within each type,
416 except in the case of the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> or the <STRONG>-L</STRONG> options, which cause the
417 sorting to be done by the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name or the long C variable
420 <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text. This is
421 mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
422 descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for ter-
425 <STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
426 translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabilities
429 <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to not post-process the data after parsing the
430 source file. This feature helps when comparing the actual con-
431 tents of two source files, since it excludes the inferences that
432 <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes to fill in missing data.
434 <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
437 <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as the program
440 The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
441 indicating the desired level of detail of information. If ncurses
442 is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
445 <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings to be
446 wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
448 <STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
449 changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
451 <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>.
452 These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which can be
453 loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
456 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
457 /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
460 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
461 Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library, it had no doc-
462 umented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions. Tony Hansen
463 (AT&T) wrote the first <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> in early 1984, for System V Release 3.
465 Eric Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an equiva-
466 lent <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> for ncurses. In addition, he added a few new features
469 <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> option, to support <EM>fallback</EM> (compiled-in) terminal descrip-
472 <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-i</STRONG> option, to help with analysis
474 Later, Thomas Dickey added the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> (user-defined capabilities) option,
475 and the <STRONG>-E</STRONG> option to support fallback entries with user-defined capa-
478 For a complete list, see the <EM>EXTENSIONS</EM> section.
480 In 2010, Roy Marples provided an <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> program for NetBSD. It is
481 less capable than the SVr4 or ncurses versions (e.g., it lacks the
482 sorting options documented in X/Open), but does include the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option
483 adapted from ncurses.
486 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
487 X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description of <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>. It
488 does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
491 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
492 The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-Q</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>, <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG>
493 and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
495 SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and cancelled capabil-
496 ities. Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as <STRONG>-1</STRONG> (the internal
497 value used to represent missing integers). This implementation shows
498 those as "NULL", for consistency with missing strings.
500 The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of "termcap" capabilities is System V Release
501 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a more restricted set. To
502 see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG> <STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
505 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
506 The <STRONG>-F</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> should be a <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG> mode.
509 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
510 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
511 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
513 https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
515 This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20201031).
518 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
519 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
520 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
524 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
528 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
529 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
530 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
532 <li><a href="#h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></li>
533 <li><a href="#h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></li>
534 <li><a href="#h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></li>
535 <li><a href="#h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></li>
536 <li><a href="#h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></li>
539 <li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
540 <li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
541 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
542 <li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
543 <li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
544 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
545 <li><a href="#h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></li>
projects / ncurses.git / blob