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-.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M 2023-10-14 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.54 2023/11/25 14:32:36 tom Exp $
+.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
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.SH NAME
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP \-
.P
.B "@CAPTOINFO@ \-V"
.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP looks in each given text
-\fIfile\fP for \fItermcap\fP descriptions.
-For each one found,
-it writes an equivalent \fIterminfo\fP description to the standard
-output stream.
-\fItermcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities are translated directly to
-\fIterminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities.
+\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP translates terminal descriptions.
+It looks in each given text \fIfile\fP for \fI\%termcap\fP entries and,
+for each one found,
+writes an equivalent \fI\%terminfo\fP description to the standard output
+stream.
+\fI\%termcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities translate to \fI\%terminfo\fP
+\*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities.
.PP
If no \fIfile\fPs are specified,
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP interprets the content of the environment variable
-\fB\%TERMCAP\fP as a file name,
+\fI\%TERMCAP\fP as a file name,
and extracts only the entry for the terminal named in the environment
-variable \fB\%TERM\fP from it.
-If the environment variable \fB\%TERMCAP\fP is not set,
+variable \fITERM\fP from it.
+If the environment variable \fI\%TERMCAP\fP is not set,
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP reads \fI\%\*d\fP.
.PP
This utility is implemented as a link to \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
.BR \-w ,
and
.BR \-x .
-The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fIncurses\fP associated
+The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fI\%ncurses\fP associated
with this program and exits with a successful status.
.SS "Translations from nonstandard capabilities"
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP translates some obsolete,
-nonstandard capabilities into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) \fIterminfo\fP
-capabilities.
+nonstandard capabilities into standard
+(SVr4/XSI Curses)
+\fI\%terminfo\fP capabilities.
It issues a diagnostic to the standard error stream for each,
inviting the user to check that it has not mistakenly translated an
unknown or mistyped capability name.
.PP
.TS
-cb cb cb cb
-cb cb cb cb
-cb cb l lb.
-Nonstandard Standard \& \f(BIterminfo\fP
-name name From capability
+Cb S
+Cb Cb Cb Cb
+Cb Cb C Lb.
+Name
+Obsolete Standard Origin \f(BIterminfo\fP capability
_
BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode
CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible
PU kP XENIX key_ppage
RT @8 XENIX kent
UP ku XENIX kcuu1
-KA k; Tek key_f10
-KB F1 Tek key_f11
-KC F2 Tek key_f12
-KD F3 Tek key_f13
-KE F4 Tek key_f14
-KF F5 Tek key_f15
-BC Sb Tek set_background
-FC Sf Tek set_foreground
-HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
+KA k; Tektronix key_f10
+KB F1 Tektronix key_f11
+KC F2 Tektronix key_f12
+KD F3 Tektronix key_f13
+KE F4 Tektronix key_f14
+KF F5 Tektronix key_f15
+BC Sb Tektronix set_background
+FC Sf Tektronix set_foreground
+HS mh IRIX enter_dim_mode
.TE
.PP
-XENIX \fItermcap\fP had a set of extension capabilities,
+XENIX \fI\%termcap\fP had a set of extension capabilities,
corresponding to box drawing characters of CCSID
(\*(``code page\*('') 437,
as follows.
.PP
.TS
cb cb
-cb cb
cb l .
-Termcap
-Name Graphic
+\f(BItermcap\fP Name Graphic
_
G2 upper left corner
G3 lower left corner
GG ACS magic cookie count
.TE
.PP
-If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry,
-they are composed into an \fBacsc\fP string.
-The double-line capabilities and
-\fBGG\fP are discarded with a warning message.
+\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP composes single-line capabilities into an \fBacsc\fP
+string,
+and discards \fBGG\fP and double-line capabilities with a warning
+diagnostic.
.PP
-IBM's AIX has a \fIterminfo\fP facility descended from SVr1
-\fIterminfo\fP,
+IBM's AIX has a \fI\%terminfo\fP facility descended from SVr1
+\fI\%terminfo\fP,
but which is incompatible with the SVr4 format.
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP translates the following AIX extensions.
.PP
this program translates the AIX \fBbox1\fP capability to an \fBacsc\fP
string.
.PP
-The HP-UX \fIterminfo\fP library supports two nonstandard \fIterminfo\fP
-capabilities,
+The HP-UX \fI\%terminfo\fP library supports two nonstandard
+\fI\%terminfo\fP capabilities,
\fBmeml\fP (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fP (memory unlock).
\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP discards these with a warning message.
.SH FILES
.TP
\fI\*d\fP
-default \fItermcap\fP terminal capability database
+default \fI\%termcap\fP terminal capability database
.SH NOTES
The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's.
-Under SVr4, instead of following
-the \fB\-v\fP with a trace level \fIn\fP,
+Under SVr4,
+instead of following the \fB\-v\fP with a trace level \fIn\fP,
you repeat it \fIn\fP times.
.SH PORTABILITY
-X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes \fBtic\fP briefly,
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 7 (2009) describes \fBtic\fP briefly,
but omits this program.
SVr4 systems provide \fB\%captoinfo\fP as a separate application from
\fBtic\fP.
.PP
NetBSD does not provide this application.
-.SH AUTHOR
+.SH AUTHORS
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
and
.br
\fB\%@INFOCMP@\fP(1M),
\fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
-\fB\%terminfo\fP(\*n)
+\fB\%terminfo\fP(5)
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