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<H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM>
- description
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM> description
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-V</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-1</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] <EM>file</EM> . . .
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-V</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-1</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] <EM>file</EM> ...
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <STRONG>termcap</STRONG>
- descriptions. For each one found, an equivalent <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
- description is written to standard output. Termcap <STRONG>tc</STRONG>
- capabilities are translated directly to terminfo <STRONG>use</STRONG> capa-
- bilities.
-
- If no <EM>file</EM> is given, then the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG>
- is used for the filename or entry. If <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is a full
- pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is speci-
- fied in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> is extracted from
- that file. If the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is not
- set, then the file <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> is read.
-
- <STRONG>-v</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs.
-
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on stan-
- dard error and exit.
-
- <STRONG>-1</STRONG> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other-
- wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to
- a maximum width of 60 characters.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> descriptions. For
+ each one found, an equivalent <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description is written to stan-
+ dard output. Termcap <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities are translated directly to ter-
+ minfo <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities.
+
+ If no <EM>file</EM> is given, then the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is used for
+ the filename or entry. If <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is a full pathname to a file, only
+ the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>
+ is extracted from that file. If the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is
+ not set, then the file <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> is read.
+
+ <STRONG>-v</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as the program
+ runs.
+
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on standard error and
+ exit.
+
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> 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.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> change the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
- base.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
+ /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-TRANSLATIONS-FROM-NONSTANDARD-CAPABILITIES">TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</a></H2><PRE>
- Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically
- be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo
- capabilities by <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>. Whenever one of these auto-
- matic 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.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-TRANSLATIONS-FROM-NONSTANDARD-CAPABILITIES">TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</a></H2><PRE>
+ Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated
+ into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>.
+ 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
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
FC Sf Tek set_foreground
HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
- XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa-
- bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of
- the IBM PC high-half graphics. They were as follows:
+ 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
-----------------------------
Gc intersection
GG acs magic cookie count
- If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they
- will automatically be composed into an <EM>acsc</EM> string. The
- double-line capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warn-
- ing message.
+ If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automati-
+ cally be composed into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string. The double-line capabilities
+ and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warning message.
- IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 ter-
- minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The follow-
- ing AIX extensions are automatically translated:
+ 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
-------------
font2 s2ds
font3 s3ds
- Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automati-
- cally translated to an <EM>acsc</EM> string.
+ Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automatically translated
+ to an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
- Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
- dard terminfo capabilities <EM>meml</EM> (memory lock) and <EM>memu</EM>
- (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning
- message.
+ Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
+ capabilities <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). These will
+ be discarded with a warning message.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- This utility is actually a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, running in <EM>-I</EM>
- mode. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+ This utility is actually a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, running in <EM>-I</EM> mode. You
+ can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
- The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4,
- instead of following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level n, you
- repeat it n times.
+ The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of
+ following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20151205).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
- <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
+
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