ncurses 6.0 - patch 20161001

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

diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m
index 3a0d1cad5cf1b70128584e60a19774c4a9f71623..49bd8701fad7b02739e2bc9643b892264d5ee030 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infocmp.1m
+++ b/man/infocmp.1m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2016 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            *
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.52 2013/01/19 21:23:07 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.58 2016/10/01 17:15:45 tom Exp $
 .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
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ L\
 T\
 U\
 V\
+W\
 c\
 d\
 e\
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ u\
 x\
 \fR]
 .br
-      [\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB\-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
+      [\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB\-Q\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
 .br
       [\fB\-w\fR\ \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-A\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\fB\-B\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR]
 .br
@@ -230,20 +234,25 @@ 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]
-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.
-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
@@ -311,7 +320,11 @@ rather than their decimal equivalents.
 .TP 5
 \fB\-i\fR
 Analyze the initialization (\fBis1\fR, \fBis2\fR, \fBis3\fR), and reset
-(\fBrs1\fR, \fBrs2\fR, \fBrs3\fR), strings in the entry.
+(\fBrs1\fR, \fBrs2\fR, \fBrs3\fR), strings in the entry,
+as well as those used for starting/stopping cursor-positioning mode
+(\fBsmcup\fP, \fBrmcup\fP) as well as starting/stopping keymap mode
+(\fBsmkx\fP, \fBrmkx\fP).
+.IP
 For each string, the
 code tries to analyze it into actions in terms of the other capabilities in the
 entry, certain X3.64/ISO 6429/ECMA\-48 capabilities, and certain DEC VT-series
@@ -321,9 +334,9 @@ Each report line consists
 of the capability name, followed by a colon and space, followed by a printable
 expansion of the capability string with sections matching recognized actions
 translated into {}-bracketed descriptions.
+.IP
 Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI
 special sequences recognized:
-i.
 .TS
 center tab(/) ;
 l l
@@ -369,7 +382,7 @@ It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO 6429/ECMA Set
 Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD, UNDERLINE, BLINK, and
 REVERSE.
 All but NORMAL may be prefixed with `+' (turn on) or `\-' (turn off).
-.PP
+.IP
 An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to {SGR:NORMAL}).
 .TP 5
 \fB\-l\fR
@@ -378,9 +391,31 @@ Set output format to terminfo.
 \fB\-p\fR
 Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
 .TP 5
+\fB\-Q\fR \fIn\fR
+Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form,
+depending on the option's value:
+.RS 8
+.TP 3
+1
+hexadecimal
+.TP 3
+2
+base64
+.TP 3
+3
+hexadecimal and base64
+.RE
+.TP 5
 \fB\-q\fR
+This makes the output a little shorter:
+.RS
+.bP
 Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings, and using
 "\-" for absent capabilities, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+.bP
+Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source listings.
+.RE
 .TP 5
 \fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 Restrict output to a given subset.
@@ -388,6 +423,7 @@ This option is for use with archaic
 versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support
 the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants such as AIX
 that have their own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI.
+.IP
 Available terminfo
 subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and "AIX"; see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for
 details.
@@ -441,6 +477,10 @@ reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
 \fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR
 prints out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.
 Higher values of n induce greater verbosity.
+.TP
+\fB\-W\fR
+By itself, the \fB\-w\fP option will not force long strings to be wrapped.
+Use the \fB\-W\fP option to do this.
 .TP 5
 \fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR
 changes the output to \fIwidth\fR characters.