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+<H1>TERM 5</H1>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <B>term</B>
+ <STRONG>term</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
Compiled terminfo descriptions are placed under the direc-
- tory <B>/usr/share/terminfo</B>. In order to avoid a linear
+ tory <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>. In order to avoid a linear
search of a huge UNIX system directory, a two-level scheme
- is used: <B>/c/name</B> where <I>name</I> is the name of the terminal,
- and <I>c</I> is the first character of <I>name</I>. Thus, <I>act4</I> can be
- found in the file <B>/usr/share/terminfo/a/act4</B>. Synonyms
- for the same terminal are implemented by multiple links to
- the same compiled file.
+ is used: <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo/c/name</STRONG> where <EM>name</EM> is the name
+ of the terminal, and <EM>c</EM> is the first character of <EM>name</EM>.
+ Thus, <EM>act4</EM> can be found in the file <STRONG>/usr/share/ter-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>minfo/a/act4</STRONG>. Synonyms for the same terminal are imple-
+ mented by multiple links to the same compiled file.
The format has been chosen so that it will be the same on
all hardware. An 8 or more bit byte is assumed, but no
assumptions about byte ordering or sign extension are
made.
- The compiled file is created with the <I>tic</I> program, and
- read by the routine <I>setupterm</I>. The file is divided into
+ The compiled file is created with the <EM>tic</EM> program, and
+ read by the routine <EM>setupterm</EM>. The file is divided into
six parts: the header, terminal names, boolean flags, num-
bers, strings, and string table.
the values of string capabilities referenced in the string
section. Each string is null terminated.
- Note that it is possible for <I>setupterm</I> to expect a differ-
+ Note that it is possible for <EM>setupterm</EM> to expect a differ-
ent set of capabilities than are actually present in the
file. Either the database may have been updated since
- <I>setupterm</I> has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
+ <EM>setupterm</EM> has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
nized entries in the file) or the program may have been
recompiled more recently than the database was updated
- (resulting in missing entries). The routine <I>setupterm</I>
+ (resulting in missing entries). The routine <EM>setupterm</EM>
must be prepared for both possibilities - this is why the
numbers and sizes are included. Also, new capabilities
must always be added at the end of the lists of boolean,
OSF/1) which diverged from System V terminfo after SVr1,
and have added extension capabilities to the string table
that (in the binary format) collide with System V and XSI
- Curses extensions. See <B><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></B> for detailed discus-
+ Curses extensions. See <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for detailed discus-
sion of terminfo source compatibility issues.
As an example, here is a hex dump of the description for
am,
cols#80, lines#24,
bel=^G, clear= 32$<1>, cr=^M, cub1=^H, cud1=^J,
- cuf1=^L, cup==%p1%{32}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c, cuu1=^K,
+ cuf1=^L, cup=\E=%p1%{32}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c, cuu1=^K,
home=^^, ind=^J,
0000 1a 01 10 00 02 00 03 00 82 00 31 00 61 64 6d 33 ........ ..1.adm3
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></B>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
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