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+<H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m 2024-03-23 ncurses 6.4 User commands</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>
User commands <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
+ <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-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.
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<EM>tic-option</EM>] [<EM>file</EM> ...]
- 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>captoinfo</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG>
- <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.
-
- <STRONG>-w</STRONG> change the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given
+ text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>termcap</EM> entries and, for each one found, writes an
+ equivalent <EM>terminfo</EM> description to the standard output stream. <EM>termcap</EM>
+ <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities translate to <EM>terminfo</EM> "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities.
+
+ If no <EM>file</EM>s are specified, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> interprets the content of the
+ environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> as a file name, and extracts only the
+ entry for the terminal named in the environment variable <EM>TERM</EM> from it.
+ If the environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> is not set, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> reads
+ <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>.
+
+ 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>
+ option implied. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
+ and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>. The <STRONG>-V</STRONG> option reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with
+ this program and exits with a successful status.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Translations-from-Nonstandard-Capabilities">Translations from Nonstandard Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into
+ standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities. It issues a
+ diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, inviting the user to
+ check that it has not mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped
+ capability name.
+
+ <STRONG>Name</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>Obsolete</STRONG> <STRONG>Standard</STRONG> <STRONG>Origin</STRONG> <STRONG><EM>terminfo</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>capability</STRONG>
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>BO</STRONG> <STRONG>mr</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_reverse_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>CI</STRONG> <STRONG>vi</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>cursor_invisible</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>CV</STRONG> <STRONG>ve</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>cursor_normal</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>DS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>EE</STRONG> <STRONG>me</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>exit_attribute_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>FE</STRONG> <STRONG>LF</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>FL</STRONG> <STRONG>LO</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>XS</STRONG> <STRONG>mk</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_secure_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>EN</STRONG> <STRONG>@7</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_end</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>GE</STRONG> <STRONG>ae</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>exit_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>GS</STRONG> <STRONG>as</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>enter_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>HM</STRONG> <STRONG>kh</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_home</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>LD</STRONG> <STRONG>kL</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_dl</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PD</STRONG> <STRONG>kN</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_npage</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PN</STRONG> <STRONG>po</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_off</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PS</STRONG> <STRONG>pf</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_on</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PU</STRONG> <STRONG>kP</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_ppage</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>RT</STRONG> <STRONG>@8</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kent</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>UP</STRONG> <STRONG>ku</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kcuu1</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KA</STRONG> <STRONG>k;</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f10</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KB</STRONG> <STRONG>F1</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f11</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KC</STRONG> <STRONG>F2</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f12</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KD</STRONG> <STRONG>F3</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f13</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KE</STRONG> <STRONG>F4</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f14</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KF</STRONG> <STRONG>F5</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f15</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>BC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sb</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_background</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>FC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sf</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_foreground</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>HS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> IRIX <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
+
+ XENIX <EM>termcap</EM> had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box
+ drawing characters of CCSID ("code page") 437, as follows.
+
+ <STRONG><EM>termcap</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Graphic</STRONG>
+ -----------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>G2</STRONG> upper left corner
+ <STRONG>G3</STRONG> lower left corner
+ <STRONG>G1</STRONG> upper right corner
+ <STRONG>G4</STRONG> lower right corner
+ <STRONG>GR</STRONG> tee pointing right
+ <STRONG>GL</STRONG> tee pointing left
+ <STRONG>GU</STRONG> tee pointing up
+ <STRONG>GD</STRONG> tee pointing down
+ <STRONG>GH</STRONG> horizontal line
+ <STRONG>GV</STRONG> vertical line
+ <STRONG>GC</STRONG> intersection
+ <STRONG>G6</STRONG> double upper left corner
+ <STRONG>G7</STRONG> double lower left corner
+ <STRONG>G5</STRONG> double upper right corner
+ <STRONG>G8</STRONG> double lower right corner
+ <STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing right
+ <STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing left
+ <STRONG>Gu</STRONG> double tee pointing up
+ <STRONG>Gd</STRONG> double tee pointing down
+ <STRONG>Gh</STRONG> double horizontal line
+ <STRONG>Gv</STRONG> double vertical line
+ <STRONG>Gc</STRONG> double intersection
+ <STRONG>GG</STRONG> ACS magic cookie count
+
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> composes single-line capabilities into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string, and
+ discards <STRONG>GG</STRONG> and double-line capabilities with a warning diagnostic.
+
+ IBM's AIX has a <EM>terminfo</EM> facility descended from SVr1 <EM>terminfo</EM>, but
+ which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates the
+ following AIX extensions.
+
+ <STRONG>IBM</STRONG> <STRONG>XSI</STRONG>
+ -------------
+ ksel kslt
+ kbtab kcbt
+ font0 s0ds
+ font1 s1ds
+ font2 s2ds
+ font3 s3ds
+
+ Additionally, this program translates the AIX <STRONG>box1</STRONG> capability to an
+ <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
+
+ The HP-UX <EM>terminfo</EM> library supports two nonstandard <EM>terminfo</EM>
+ capabilities, <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
+ discards these with a warning message.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
- base.
-
-
-</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.
-
- 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 capa-
- bilities 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 <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string. The
- double-line capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warn-
- ing 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 XSI
- -------------
- ksel kslt
- kbtab kcbt
- font0 s0ds
- font1 s1ds
- font2 s2ds
- font3 s3ds
-
- Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automati-
- cally translated to an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
-
- Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
- dard 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>.
-
- 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.
+ <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>
+ default <EM>termcap</EM> terminal capability database
-</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>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes <STRONG>tic</STRONG> briefly, but omits this
+ program.
+
+ SVr4 systems provide <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> as a separate application from <STRONG>tic</STRONG>. Its
+ <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option does not accept a trace level argument <EM>n</EM>; repeat <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> times
+ instead.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161119).
+ NetBSD does not provide this application.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR
">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR
S">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
+</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="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>
+
- <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
+
+ncurses 6.4 2024-03-23 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
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