NAME

       captoinfo  - convert a termcap description into a terminfo
       description


SYNOPSIS

       captoinfo [-vn width]  [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . .


DESCRIPTION

       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.

       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.


FILES

       /usr/share/terminfo Compiled     terminal      description
                           database.


TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES

       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
       -------------
       ksel    kslt
       kbtab   kcbt
       font0   s0ds
       font1   s1ds
       font2   s2ds
       font3   s3ds

       Additionally,   the   AIX   box1   capability   will    be
       automatically translated 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.


NOTES

       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 isn't identical to SVr4's.  Under SVr4,
       instead of following the -v with  a  trace  level  n,  you
       repeat it n times.


SEE ALSO

       curses(3x), infocmp(1m), terminfo(5)


AUTHOR

       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
















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