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.TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.el .ds '' ''
.ds n 5
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
+.de NS
+.ie n .sp
+.el .sp .5
+.ie n .in +4
+.el .in +2
+.nf
+.ft C \" Courier
+..
+.de NE
+.fi
+.ft R
+.ie n .in -4
+.el .in -2
..
.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
.IP
The \fB\-u\fR option provides a related output,
showing the first terminal description rewritten to use the second
-as a building block via the \*(``use=\*('' clause.
+as a building block via the \*(``use=\*('' clause.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
produces a list of each capability that is in \fInone\fP of the given entries.
\fB@INFOCMP@\fR uses the environment variable \fBTERM\fR
for each of the \fItermnames\fR.
.SS Source Listing Options [\-I] [\-L] [\-C] [\-r]
-The \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-L\fR, and \fB\-C\fR options will produce a source listing for
-each terminal named.
+The \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-L\fR, and \fB\-C\fR options will produce
+a source listing for each terminal named.
.
.TS
center tab(/) ;
Because
\fBtermcap\fR strings are not as flexible, it is not always possible to convert
a \fBterminfo\fR string capability into an equivalent \fBtermcap\fR format.
-A subsequent conversion of the \fBtermcap\fR file back into \fBterminfo\fR format
-will not necessarily reproduce the original \fBterminfo\fR
-source.
+A subsequent conversion of the \fBtermcap\fR file
+back into \fBterminfo\fR format
+will not necessarily reproduce the original \fBterminfo\fR source.
.PP
Some common \fBterminfo\fR parameter sequences, their \fBtermcap\fR
equivalents, and some terminal types which commonly have such sequences, are:
entries into a terminal's description.
Or, if two similar terminals exist, but
were coded at different times or by different people so that each description
-is a full description, using \fB@INFOCMP@\fR will show what can be done to change
+is a full description, using \fB@INFOCMP@\fR
+will show what can be done to change
one description to be relative to the other.
.PP
A capability will get printed with an at-sign (@) if it no longer exists in the
of 60 characters.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
-tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding
-them.
+tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to retain commented-out capabilities
+rather than discarding them.
Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR
-tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about, and exit.
+tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about,
+and exit.
.TP 5
\fB\-E\fR
Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
3
hexadecimal and base64
.RE
+.IP
+For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string
+which could be assigned to the \fBTERMINFO\fP environment variable:
+.NS
+@INFOCMP@ -0 -q -Q2
+.NE
.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\*(''.
+\*(``\-\*('' for absent capabilities, \*(``@\*(''
+for canceled rather than \*(``NULL\*(''.
.bP
However, show differences between absent and cancelled capabilities.
.bP
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
+.RS
+.bP
Available terminfo
-subsets are \*(``SVr1\*('', \*(``Ultrix\*('', \*(``HP\*('', and \*(``AIX\*(''; see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for
-details.
+subsets are \*(``SVr1\*('', \*(``Ultrix\*('', \*(``HP\*('', and \*(``AIX\*('';
+see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for details.
+.bP
You can also choose the subset \*(``BSD\*('' which selects only capabilities
with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD.
+The \fB\-C\fP option sets the \*(``BSD\*('' subset as a side-effect.
+.bP
+If you select any other value for \fB\-R\fP,
+it is the same as no subset, i.e., all capabilities are used.
+The \fB\-I\fP option likewise selects no subset as a side-effect.
+.RE
.TP
\fB\-s \fR\fI[d|i|l|c]\fR
The \fB\-s\fR option sorts the fields within each type according to the argument
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
.TP 5
\fB\-U\fR
-tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to not post-process the data after parsing the source file.
+tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to not post-process the data
+after parsing the source file.
This feature helps when comparing the actual contents of two source files,
since it excludes the inferences that \fB@INFOCMP@\fP makes to fill in missing
data.
This implementation shows those as \*(``NULL\*('',
for consistency with missing strings.
.PP
-The \fB\-r\fR option's notion of \*(``termcap\*('' capabilities is System V Release 4's.
+The \fB\-r\fR option's notion of \*(``termcap\*('' capabilities
+is System V Release 4's.
Actual BSD curses versions will have a more restricted set.
To see only the
4.4BSD set, use \fB\-r\fR \fB\-RBSD\fR.
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
.sp
-http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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