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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-
+ is limited to 1023 bytes. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> 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>
needed.
<STRONG>Changing</STRONG> <STRONG>Databases</STRONG> <STRONG>[-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [-B <EM>directory</EM>]
- Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, infocmp looks for the termi-
+ Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> 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
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
- verbosity.
+ 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 is built without tracing
+ support, the optional parameter is ignored.
<STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings
to be wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
</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
+ 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.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20170204).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff