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-<H1 class="no-header">infocmp 1m 2023-09-30 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">infocmp 1m 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1cCdDeEFgGiIKlLnpqrtTuUVWx</STRONG>]
[<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>]
[<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
- [<EM>termname</EM>...]
+ [<EM>terminal-type</EM> ...]
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> can be used to compare a binary <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry with other
terminfo entries, rewrite a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description to take advantage of
the <STRONG>use=</STRONG> terminfo field, or print out a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description from the
- binary file (<STRONG>term</STRONG>) in a variety of formats. In all cases, the boolean
+ binary file (<STRONG>term</STRONG>) in a variety of formats. In all cases, the Boolean
fields will be printed first, followed by the numeric fields, followed
by the string fields.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
- If no options are specified and zero or one <EM>termnames</EM> are specified,
- the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option will be assumed. If more than one <EM>termname</EM> is specified,
- the <STRONG>-d</STRONG> option will be assumed.
+ If no options are specified and zero or one <EM>terminal-types</EM> are
+ specified, the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option will be assumed. If more than one <EM>terminal-</EM>
+ <EM>type</EM> is specified, the <STRONG>-d</STRONG> option will be assumed.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options
-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options
_d_c_n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> compares the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description of the first terminal
- <EM>termname</EM> with each of the descriptions given by the entries for the
- other terminal's <EM>termnames</EM>. If a capability is defined for only one of
- the terminals, the value returned depends on the type of the
- capability:
+ <EM>terminal-type</EM> with each of the descriptions given by the entries for
+ the other terminal's <EM>terminal-types</EM>. If a capability is defined for
+ only one of the terminals, the value returned depends on the type of
+ the capability:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>F</STRONG> for missing boolean variables
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>F</STRONG> for missing Boolean variables
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> for missing integer or string variables
option to add the BSD-compatibility capabilities (names prefixed
with "OT").
- If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> uses the environment variable
- <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> for each of the <EM>termnames</EM>.
+ If no <EM>terminal-types</EM> are given, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> uses the environment
+ variable <EM>TERM</EM> for each of the <EM>terminal-types</EM>.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options
-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options
_I_L_C_r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing for each
terminal named.
- <STRONG>-I</STRONG> use the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> names
- <STRONG>-L</STRONG> use the long C variable name listed in <<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>>
- <STRONG>-C</STRONG> use the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names
- <STRONG>-r</STRONG> when using <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, put out all capabilities in <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> form
- <STRONG>-K</STRONG> modifies the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option, improving BSD-compatibility.
+ <STRONG>-I</STRONG> use <EM>terminfo</EM> capability codes
+ <STRONG>-L</STRONG> use "long" capability names
+ <STRONG>-C</STRONG> use <EM>termcap</EM> capability codes
+ <STRONG>-r</STRONG> with <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, include nonstandard capabilities
+ <STRONG>-K</STRONG> with <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, improve BSD compatibility
- If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> will be used
- for the terminal name.
+ If no <EM>terminal-types</EM> are given, the environment variable <EM>TERM</EM> will be
+ used for the terminal name.
The source produced by the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option may be used directly as a <STRONG>termcap</STRONG>
entry, but not all parameterized strings can be changed to the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG>
Some common <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> parameter sequences, their <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> equivalents,
and some terminal types which commonly have such sequences, are:
- <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> Representative Terminals
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- <STRONG>%p1%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%.</STRONG> adm
- <STRONG>%p1%d</STRONG> <STRONG>%d</STRONG> hp, ANSI standard, vt100
- <STRONG>%p1%'x'%+%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%+x</STRONG> concept
- <STRONG>%i</STRONG> <STRONG>%i</STRONG>q ANSI standard, vt100
- <STRONG>%p1%?%'x'%>%t%p1%'y'%+%;</STRONG> <STRONG>%>xy</STRONG> concept
- <STRONG>%p2</STRONG> is printed before <STRONG>%p1</STRONG> <STRONG>%r</STRONG> hp
+ <STRONG><EM>terminfo</EM></STRONG> <STRONG><EM>termcap</EM></STRONG> Terminal Types
+ ----------------------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>%p1%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%.</STRONG> ansi-m
+ <STRONG>%p1%d</STRONG> <STRONG>%d</STRONG> ansi, vt100
+ <STRONG>%p1%'</STRONG> <STRONG>'%+%c</STRONG> <STRONG>%+x</STRONG> vt52
+ <STRONG>%i</STRONG> <STRONG>%iq</STRONG> ansi, vt100
+ <STRONG>%p1%?%'x'%>%t%p1%'y'%+%;</STRONG> <STRONG>%>xy</STRONG> annarbor4080
+ <STRONG>%p2</STRONG>...<STRONG>%p1</STRONG> <STRONG>%r</STRONG> hpgeneric
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Use_
-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Use_
Option_u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option produces a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source description of the first
- terminal <EM>termname</EM> which is relative to the sum of the descriptions
- given by the entries for the other terminals <EM>termnames</EM>. It does this
- by analyzing the differences between the first <EM>termname</EM> and the other
- <EM>termnames</EM> and producing a description with <STRONG>use=</STRONG> fields for the other
- terminals. In this manner, it is possible to retrofit generic terminfo
- entries into a terminal's description. Or, if two similar terminals
- exist, but were coded at different times or by different people so that
- each description is a full description, using <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will show what
- can be done to change one description to be relative to the other.
+ terminal <EM>terminal-type</EM> which is relative to the sum of the descriptions
+ given by the entries for the other <EM>terminal-types</EM>. It does this by
+ analyzing the differences between the first <EM>terminal-types</EM> and the
+ other <EM>terminal-types</EM> and producing a description with <STRONG>use=</STRONG> fields for
+ the other terminals. In this manner, it is possible to retrofit
+ generic terminfo entries into a terminal's description. Or, if two
+ similar terminals exist, but were coded at different times or by
+ different people so that each description is a full description, using
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will show what can be done to change one description to be
+ relative to the other.
A capability will be printed with an at-sign (@) if it no longer exists
- in the first <EM>termname</EM>, but one of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries contains a
- value for it. A capability's value will be printed if the value in the
- first <EM>termname</EM> is not found in any of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries, or if
- the first of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries that has this capability gives
- a different value for the capability than that in the first <EM>termname</EM>.
-
- The order of the other <EM>termname</EM> entries is significant. Since the
+ in the first <EM>terminal-type</EM>, but one of the other <EM>terminal-type</EM> entries
+ contains a value for it. A capability's value will be printed if the
+ value in the first <EM>terminal-type</EM> is not found in any of the other
+ <EM>terminal-type</EM> entries, or if the first of the other <EM>terminal-type</EM>
+ entries that has this capability gives a different value for the
+ capability than that in the first <EM>terminal-type</EM>.
+
+ The order of the other <EM>terminal-type</EM> entries is significant. Since the
terminfo compiler <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities,
specifying two <STRONG>use=</STRONG> entries that contain differing entries for the same
capabilities will produce different results depending on the order that
the entries are given in. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will flag any such inconsistencies
- between the other <EM>termname</EM> entries as they are found.
+ between the other <EM>terminal-type</EM> entries as they are found.
Alternatively, specifying a capability <EM>after</EM> a <STRONG>use=</STRONG> entry that contains
that capability will cause the second specification to be ignored.
Another error that does not cause incorrect compiled files, but will
slow down the compilation time, is specifying extra <STRONG>use=</STRONG> fields that
- are superfluous. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will flag any other <EM>termname</EM> <EM>use=</EM> fields that
- were not needed.
+ are superfluous. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> will flag any other <EM>terminal-type</EM> <EM>use=</EM> fields
+ that were not needed.
<STRONG>Changing</STRONG> <STRONG>Databases</STRONG> <STRONG>[-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [-B <EM>directory</EM>]
- Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> looks for the terminal
- descriptions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>TERMINFO_DIRS</STRONG> environment variables to override the compiled-in default
+ Like other <EM>ncurses</EM> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> looks for the terminal
+ descriptions in several places. You can use the <EM>TERMINFO</EM> and
+ <EM>TERMINFO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DIRS</EM> environment variables to override the compiled-in default
list of places to search. See <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, as well as the <EM>Fetching</EM>
<EM>Compiled</EM> <EM>Descriptions</EM> section in <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
You can also use the options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> to override the list of places
to search when comparing terminal descriptions:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option sets the location for the first <EM>termname</EM>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option sets the location for the first <EM>terminal-type</EM>
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option sets the location for the other <EM>termnames</EM>.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option sets the location for the other <EM>terminal-types</EM>.
Using these options, it is possible to compare descriptions for a
terminal with the same name located in two different databases. For
according to the type and the name of the corresponding terminal
entry.
- Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options was
+ Before <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options was
not needed; but support for extended names required making the
arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE
structure.
LL home-down
RSR reset scroll region
-----------------------------------------
- DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
-
+ DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
-----------------------------------------
ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
3 hexadecimal and base64
For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string
- which could be assigned to the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> environment variable:
+ which could be assigned to the <EM>TERMINFO</EM> environment variable:
infocmp -0 -q -Q2
contents of two source files, since it excludes the inferences
that <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes to fill in missing data.
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> which was used in this program, and
exits.
<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as the program
runs.
The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
- indicating the desired level of detail of information. If ncurses
+ indicating the desired level of detail of information. If <EM>ncurses</EM>
is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
ignored.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities (see <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which can be
loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
+ <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
+ compiled terminal description database
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ 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>
+ and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
+
+ SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and cancelled
+ capabilities. Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as <STRONG>-1</STRONG> (the
+ internal value used to represent missing integers). This
+ implementation shows those as "NULL", for consistency with missing
+ strings.
+
+ The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of "termcap" capabilities is System V Release
+ 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a more restricted set. To
+ see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG> <STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description of <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>. It
+ does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
(AT&T) wrote the first <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> in early 1984, for System V Release 3.
Eric Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an
- equivalent <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> for ncurses. In addition, he added a few new
+ equivalent <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> for <EM>ncurses</EM>. In addition, he added a few new
features such as:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> option, to support <EM>fallback</EM> (compiled-in) terminal
For a complete list, see the <EM>EXTENSIONS</EM> section.
In 2010, Roy Marples provided an <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> program for NetBSD. It is
- less capable than the SVr4 or ncurses versions (e.g., it lacks the
+ less capable than the SVr4 or <EM>ncurses</EM> versions (e.g., it lacks the
sorting options documented in X/Open), but does include the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option
- adapted from ncurses.
-
-
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description of <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>. It
- does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
-
-
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- 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>
- and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
-
- SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and cancelled
- capabilities. Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as <STRONG>-1</STRONG> (the
- internal value used to represent missing integers). This
- implementation shows those as "NULL", for consistency with missing
- strings.
-
- The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of "termcap" capabilities is System V Release
- 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a more restricted set. To
- see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG> <STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
+ adapted from <EM>ncurses</EM>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
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.
-</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>
-ncurses 6.4 202
3-09-30 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 202
4-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Comparison-Options_d_c_n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Source-Listing-Options_I_L_C_r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Use_Option_u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
</ul>
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