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-<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
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+<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 ter-
- minfo 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
+ <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
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 capabil-
- ity:
+ <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
<STRONG>-c</STRONG> produces a list of each capability that is <EM>common</EM> between two or
more entries. Missing capabilities are ignored. Each item in the
- list shows "=" after the capability name, followed by the capabil-
- ity value.
+ list shows "=" after the capability name, followed by the
+ capability value.
- The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option provides a related output, showing the first termi-
- nal description rewritten to use the second as a building block
- via the "use=" clause.
+ The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option provides a related output, showing the first
+ terminal description rewritten to use the second as a building
+ block via the "use=" clause.
<STRONG>-n</STRONG> produces a list of each capability that is in <EM>none</EM> of the given
entries. Each item in the list shows "!" before the capability
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>
- The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing for each ter-
- minal named.
+</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>
excess whitespace (use the <STRONG>-0</STRONG> option for that).
All padding information for strings will be collected together and
- placed at the beginning of the string where <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> expects it. Manda-
- tory padding (padding information with a trailing "/") will become
+ placed at the beginning of the string where <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> expects it.
+ Mandatory padding (padding information with a trailing "/") will become
optional.
All <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> variables no longer supported by <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>, but which are
- derivable from other <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> variables, will be output. Not all <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>minfo</STRONG> capabilities will be translated; only those variables which were
- part of <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> will normally be output. Specifying the <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option will
- take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output in
- <EM>termcap</EM> form. Normally you would use both the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG> options. The
- actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped charac-
- ters from terminfo format. For a stricter BSD-compatible translation,
- use the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option rather than <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.
-
- Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of the capabil-
- ity, not all capabilities are output. Mandatory padding is not sup-
- ported. Because <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> strings are not as flexible, it is not always
- possible to convert a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> string capability into an equivalent
- <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format. A subsequent conversion of the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> file back into
- <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> format will not necessarily reproduce the original <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
- source.
+ derivable from other <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> variables, will be output. Not all
+ <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> capabilities will be translated; only those variables which
+ were part of <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> will normally be output. Specifying the <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option
+ will take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output
+ in <EM>termcap</EM> form. Normally you would use both the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG> options.
+ The actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped
+ characters from terminfo format. For a stricter BSD-compatible
+ translation, use the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option rather than <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.
+
+ Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of the
+ capability, not all capabilities are output. Mandatory padding is not
+ supported. Because <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> strings are not as flexible, it is not
+ always possible to convert a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> string capability into an
+ equivalent <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format. A subsequent conversion of the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> file
+ back into <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> format will not necessarily reproduce the original
+ <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source.
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
-
-
-</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 ter-
- minal <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 ana-
- lyzing 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.
+ <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>
+ The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option produces a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source description of the first
+ 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 ter-
- minfo compiler <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities, spec-
- ifying two <STRONG>use=</STRONG> entries that contain differing entries for the same
+ 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 descrip-
- tions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> and <STRONG>TERMINFO_DIRS</STRONG>
- environment variables to override the compiled-in default list of
- places to search (see <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> for details).
+ 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
+ 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 ter-
- minal with the same name located in two different databases. For
- instance, you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the
+ Using these options, it is possible to compare descriptions for a
+ terminal with the same name located in two different databases. For
+ instance, you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the
same terminal created by different people.
<STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without wrapping.
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line. Otherwise, the
- fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
+ fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
characters.
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
- discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
+ discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
with a period.
<STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
and exit.
- <STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
- the C initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capabil-
- ity structure in the <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for prepar-
- ing versions of the curses library hardwired for a given terminal
- type. The tables are all declared static, and are named according
- to the type and the name of the corresponding terminal entry.
+ <STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
+ the C initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal
+ capability structure in the <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for
+ preparing versions of the curses library hardwired for a given
+ terminal type. The tables are all declared static, and are named
+ 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 struc-
- ture.
+ arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE
+ structure.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C initializer for
a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the
<STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif
expressions indented for readability.
- <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their char-
- acter equivalents.
+ <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
+ character equivalents.
<STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
their decimal equivalents.
<STRONG>-i</STRONG> Analyze the initialization (<STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, <STRONG>is3</STRONG>), and reset (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>), strings in the entry, as well as those used for start-
- ing/stopping cursor-positioning mode (<STRONG>smcup</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>) as well as
- starting/stopping keymap mode (<STRONG>smkx</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>).
+ <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>), strings in the entry, as well as those used for
+ starting/stopping cursor-positioning mode (<STRONG>smcup</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>) as well
+ as starting/stopping keymap mode (<STRONG>smkx</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>).
For each string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain X3.64/ISO
Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special sequences recognized:
- Action Meaning
- -----------------------------------------
- RIS full reset
- SC save cursor
- RC restore cursor
- LL home-down
- RSR reset scroll region
- -----------------------------------------
- DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
- S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
- -----------------------------------------
- ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
-
- ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
- ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
- ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
- ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
- ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
- -----------------------------------------
- DECPAM application keypad mode
- DECPNM normal keypad mode
- DECANSI enter ANSI mode
- -----------------------------------------
- ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
- ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
- ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
- ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
- -----------------------------------------
- DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
- DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
- DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
- DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
- DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
- DEC[+-]OM origin mode
- DEC[+-]AWM wraparound mode
- DEC[+-]ARM auto-repeat mode
-
- It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO
- 6429/ECMA Set Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD,
- UNDERLINE, BLINK, and REVERSE. All but NORMAL may be prefixed
- with
-
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> "+" (turn on) or
-
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> "-" (turn off).
-
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to
- {SGR:NORMAL}).
+ Action Meaning
+ -----------------------------------------
+ RIS full reset
+ SC save cursor
+ RC restore cursor
+ LL home-down
+ RSR reset scroll region
+ -----------------------------------------
+
+ DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
+ S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
+ -----------------------------------------
+ ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
+ ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
+ ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
+ ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
+ ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
+ ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
+ -----------------------------------------
+ DECPAM application keypad mode
+ DECPNM normal keypad mode
+ DECANSI enter ANSI mode
+ -----------------------------------------
+ ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
+ ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
+ ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
+ ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
+ -----------------------------------------
+ DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
+ DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
+ DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
+ DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
+ DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
+ DEC[+-]OM origin mode
+ DEC[+-]AWM wraparound mode
+ DEC[+-]ARM auto-repeat mode
+
+ It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO 6429/ECMA Set
+ Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD, UNDERLINE, BLINK, and
+ REVERSE. All but NORMAL may be prefixed with
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> "+" (turn on) or
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> "-" (turn off).
+
+ An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to
+ {SGR:NORMAL}).
<STRONG>-l</STRONG> Set output format to terminfo.
<STRONG>-p</STRONG> Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
- <STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the com-
- piled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depending on
- the option's value:
+ <STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the
+ compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depending
+ on the option's value:
1 hexadecimal
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:
+ For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string
+ which could be assigned to the <EM>TERMINFO</EM> environment variable:
infocmp -0 -q -Q2
<STRONG>-q</STRONG> This makes the output a little shorter:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings,
and using "-" for absent capabilities, "@" for canceled rather
than "NULL".
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> However, show differences between absent and cancelled capa-
- bilities.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> However, show differences between absent and cancelled
+ capabilities.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source listings.
<STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
- Restrict output to a given subset. This option is for use with
- archaic versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX
- that do not support the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and
- variants such as AIX that have their own extensions incompatible
+ Restrict output to a given subset. This option is for use with
+ archaic versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP-UX
+ that do not support the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and
+ variants such as AIX that have their own extensions incompatible
with SVr4/XSI.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and
"AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for details.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> You can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only capa-
- bilities with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD. The
- <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option sets the "BSD" subset as a side-effect.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> You can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
+ capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If you select any other value for <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, it is the same as no
- subset, i.e., all capabilities are used. The <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option like-
- wise selects no subset as a side-effect.
+ subset, i.e., all capabilities are used.
+
+ A few options override the subset selected with <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, if they are
+ processed later in the command parameters:
+
+ <STRONG>-C</STRONG> sets the "BSD" subset as a side-effect.
+
+ <STRONG>-I</STRONG> sets the subset to all capabilities.
+
+ <STRONG>-r</STRONG> sets the subset to all capabilities.
<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <EM>[d|i|l|c]</EM>
The <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option sorts the fields within each type according to the
argument below:
- <STRONG>d</STRONG> leave fields in the order that they are stored in the <EM>ter-</EM>
- <EM>minfo</EM> database.
+ <STRONG>d</STRONG> leave fields in the order that they are stored in the
+ <EM>terminfo</EM> database.
<STRONG>i</STRONG> sort by <EM>terminfo</EM> name.
<STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text. This is
mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
- descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for ter-
- minfo).
+ descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for
+ terminfo).
<STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabilities
are commented-out.
<STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to not post-process the data after parsing the
- source file. This feature helps when comparing the actual con-
- tents of two source files, since it excludes the inferences that
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes to fill in missing data.
+ source file. This feature helps when comparing the actual
+ 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>
- Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library, it had no doc-
- umented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions. Tony Hansen
+ Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library, it had no
+ documented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions. Tony Hansen
(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 equiva-
- lent <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> for ncurses. In addition, he added a few new features
- such as:
+ Eric Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an
+ 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 descrip-
- tions
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> option, to support <EM>fallback</EM> (compiled-in) terminal
+ descriptions
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-i</STRONG> option, to help with analysis
Later, Thomas Dickey added the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> (user-defined capabilities) option,
- and the <STRONG>-E</STRONG> option to support fallback entries with user-defined capa-
- bilities.
+ and the <STRONG>-E</STRONG> option to support fallback entries with user-defined
+ capabilities.
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 capabil-
- ities. 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-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <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>
- <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
-
- https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
+ Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
+ Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20201205).
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <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><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
-</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>
+ https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
-
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
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+<li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li>
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