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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>
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
+ 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>
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.
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.
(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.
+ adapted from <EM>ncurses</EM>.
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