ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130202

[ncurses.git] / man / infocmp.1m

diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m
index 601ba3be47caa457c874108b4f480f026012ec67..294abe3eb6936faa8bf88fe5c55f6252428ae072 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infocmp.1m
+++ b/man/infocmp.1m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.51 2012/05/26 21:32:01 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.53 2013/02/02 22:07:35 tom Exp $

 .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
 .ds n 5

+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..

 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
 \fB@INFOCMP@\fR \- compare or print out \fIterminfo\fR descriptions
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
 \fB@INFOCMP@\fR \- compare or print out \fIterminfo\fR descriptions


@@ -131,6 +134,16 @@ parameterized information, and anything not converted will be plainly marked in
 the output and commented out.
 These should be edited by hand.
 .PP
 the output and commented out.
 These should be edited by hand.
 .PP

+For best results when converting to \fBtermcap\fP format,
+you should use both \fB\-C\fP and \fB\-r\fP.
+Normally a termcap description is limited to 1023 bytes.
+@INFOCMP@ trims away less essential 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 \fB\-T\fP option.
+More often however, you must help the termcap implementation,
+and trim excess whitespace (use the \fB\-0\fP option for that).
+.PP

 All padding information for strings will be collected together and placed
 at the beginning of the string where \fBtermcap\fR expects it.
 Mandatory
 All padding information for strings will be collected together and placed
 at the beginning of the string where \fBtermcap\fR expects it.
 Mandatory


@@ -220,20 +233,25 @@ superfluous.
 \fB@INFOCMP@\fR will flag any other \fItermname use=\fR fields that
 were not needed.
 .SS Changing Databases [\-A \fIdirectory\fR] [\-B \fIdirectory\fR]
 \fB@INFOCMP@\fR will flag any other \fItermname use=\fR fields that
 were not needed.
 .SS Changing Databases [\-A \fIdirectory\fR] [\-B \fIdirectory\fR]

-The location of the compiled \fBterminfo\fR database is taken from the
-environment variable \fBTERMINFO\fR\ .
-If the variable is not defined, or the
-terminal is not found in that location, the system \fBterminfo\fR database,
-in \fB@TERMINFO@\fR, will be used.
-The options \fB\-A\fR
-and \fB\-B\fR may be used to override this location.
-The \fB\-A\fR option will
-set \fBTERMINFO\fR for the first \fItermname\fR and the \fB\-B\fR option will
-set \fBTERMINFO\fR for the other \fItermnames\fR.
-With this, it is possible to
+Like other \fBncurses\fP utilities,
+@INFOCMP@ looks for the terminal descriptions in several places.
+You can use the \fBTERMINFO\fP and \fBTERMINFO_DIRS\fP environment variables
+to override the compiled-in default list of places to search
+(see \fBcurses\fP(3X) for details).
+.PP
+You can also use the options \fB\-A\fR
+and \fB\-B\fR to override the list of places to search
+when comparing terminal descriptions:
+.bP
+The \fB\-A\fR option sets the location for the first \fItermname\fR
+.bP
+The \fB\-B\fR option sets the location for the other \fItermnames\fR.
+.PP
+Using these options, it is possible to

 compare descriptions for a terminal with the same name located in two different
 databases.
 compare descriptions for a terminal with the same name located in two different
 databases.

-This is useful for comparing descriptions for the same terminal
+For instance,
+you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the same terminal

 created by different people.
 .SS Other Options
 .TP 5
 created by different people.
 .SS Other Options
 .TP 5


@@ -477,6 +495,8 @@ The \fB\-F\fR option of \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) should be a \fB@TOE@\fR(1M) mode.
 \fB@TOE@\fR(1M),
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
 \fB@TOE@\fR(1M),
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).

+.sp
+http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html

 .PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).