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-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> - compare or print out <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CEFGILTUVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
- [<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux</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>...]
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</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> descrip-
tion to take advantage of the <STRONG>use=</STRONG> terminfo field, or
fields will be printed first, followed by the numeric
fields, followed by the string fields.
- <STRONG>Default</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG>
+
+</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.
- <STRONG>Comparison</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG> <STRONG>[-d]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-c]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-n]</STRONG>
+
+</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
ferent people, for the same or similar terminals.
The <STRONG>-c</STRONG> option produces a list of each capability that is
- common between two entries. Capabilities that are not set
- are ignored. This option can be used as a quick check to
- see if the <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option is worth using.
+ common between two or more entries. Capabilities that are
+ not set are ignored. This option can be used as a quick
+ check to see if the <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option is worth using.
The <STRONG>-n</STRONG> option produces a list of each capability that is
- in neither entry. If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, the environ-
- ment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> will be used for both of the <EM>termnames</EM>.
- This can be used as a quick check to see if anything was
- left out of a description.
+ in none of the given entries. If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given,
+ the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> will be used for both of the
+ <EM>termnames</EM>. This can be used as a quick check to see if
+ anything was left out of a description.
+
- <STRONG>Source</STRONG> <STRONG>Listing</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG> <STRONG>[-I]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-L]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-C]</STRONG> <STRONG>[-r]</STRONG>
+</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>-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.
If no <EM>termnames</EM> are given, the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>
will be used for the terminal name.
thing not converted will be plainly marked in the output
and commented out. These should be edited by hand.
+ For best results when converting to <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format, you
+ should use both <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG>. Normally a termcap description
+ is limited to 1023 bytes. infocmp trims away less essen-
+ tial parts to make it fit. If you are converting to one
+ of the (rare) termcap implementations which accept an
+ unlimited size of termcap, you may want to add the <STRONG>-T</STRONG>
+ option. More often however, you must help the termcap
+ implementation, and trim 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. Mandatory padding (padding informa-
only those variables which were part of <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> will nor-
mally be output. Specifying the <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option will take off
this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output
- in <EM>termcap</EM> form.
+ 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. Manda-
<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>Use=</STRONG> <STRONG>Option</STRONG> <STRONG>[-u]</STRONG>
+
+</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
needed.
<STRONG>Changing</STRONG> <STRONG>Databases</STRONG> <STRONG>[-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [-B <EM>directory</EM>]
- The location of the compiled <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is taken
- from the environment variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> . If the variable
- is not defined, or the terminal is not found in that loca-
- tion, the system <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database, in <STRONG>/usr/share/ter-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>minfo</STRONG>, will be used. The options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> may be used to
- override this location. The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option will set <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG>
- for the first <EM>termname</EM> and the <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option will set <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG>
- for the other <EM>termnames</EM>. With this, it is possible to
- compare descriptions for a terminal with the same name
- located in two different databases. This is useful for
- comparing descriptions for the same terminal created by
- different people.
-
- <STRONG>Other</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG>
- <STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line.
- Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a
+ Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, infocmp looks for the termi-
+ nal descriptions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TER-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>MINFO</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).
+
+ You can also use the options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> to override the
+ list of places to search when comparing terminal descrip-
+ tions:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option sets the location for the first <EM>termname</EM>
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option sets the location for the other
+ <EM>termnames</EM>.
+
+ Using these options, it is possible to compare descrip-
+ tions for a terminal with the same name located in two
+ different databases. For instance, you can use this fea-
+ ture for comparing descriptions for the same terminal cre-
+ ated by different people.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
+ <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 characters.
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities
- rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities
+ rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
mented 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 capability structure in the
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. For each
- string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
- terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain
- X3.64/ISO 6429/ECMA-48 capabilities, and certain DEC
- VT-series private modes (the set of recognized spe-
- cial sequences has been selected for completeness
- over the existing terminfo database). Each report
- line consists of the capability name, followed by a
- colon and space, followed by a printable expansion of
- the capability string with sections matching recog-
- nized actions translated into {}-bracketed descrip-
- tions. Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special
- sequences recognized: i.
+ (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</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 6429/ECMA-48 capabilities,
+ and certain DEC VT-series private modes (the set of
+ recognized special sequences has been selected for
+ completeness over the existing terminfo database).
+ Each report line consists of the capability name,
+ followed by a colon and space, followed by a print-
+ able expansion of the capability string with sections
+ matching recognized actions translated into {}-brack-
+ eted descriptions.
+
+ Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special sequences rec-
+ ognized:
Action Meaning
-----------------------------------------
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
All but NORMAL may be prefixed with `+' (turn on) or
`-' (turn off).
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent
- to {SGR:NORMAL}).
+ 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> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting sub-
- headings, and using "-" for absent capabilities, "@"
- for canceled rather than "NULL".
+ <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
+
+ 2 base64
+
+ 3 hexadecimal and base64
+
+ <STRONG>-q</STRONG> This makes the output a little shorter:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting
+ subheadings, and using "-" for absent capabili-
+ ties, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+
+ <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
+ 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 incompati-
- ble with SVr4/XSI. Available terminfo subsets are
- "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- for details. You can also choose the subset "BSD"
- which selects only capabilities with termcap equiva-
- lents recognized by 4.4BSD.
+ ble with SVr4/XSI.
+
+ Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix",
+ "HP", and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for details. You
+ can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
+ capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by
+ 4.4BSD.
<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <EM>[d|i|l|c]</EM>
- The <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option sorts the fields within each type
+ 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
+ <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>c</STRONG> sort by the <EM>termcap</EM> name.
If the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option is not given, the fields printed out
- will be sorted alphabetically by the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> name
+ will be sorted alphabetically by the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> name
within each type, except in the case of the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> or the
<STRONG>-L</STRONG> options, which cause the sorting to be done by the
- <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name or the long C variable name, respec-
+ <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> name or the long C variable name, respec-
tively.
- <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
+ <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 terminfo).
<STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities.
- Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
+ 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 contents of two source files,
- since it excludes the inferences that <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> makes
+ <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 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 exits.
- <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
+ <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> prints out tracing information on standard error as
+ the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
can be loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-</PRE>
-<H2>EXTENSIONS</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</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.
+</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>-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.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
<STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
+</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>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
+</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>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.7 (patch 20100731).
+ http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160402).
-</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="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
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