- captoinfo looks in file for termcap descriptions. For
- each one found, an equivalent terminfo description is
- written to standard output. Termcap tc capabilities are
- translated directly to terminfo use capabilities.
+
+ captoinfo looks in each given text file for termcap descriptions. For
+ each one found, an equivalent terminfo description is written to stan-
+ dard output. Termcap tc capabilities are translated directly to ter-
+ minfo use capabilities.
- If no file is given, then the environment variable TERMCAP
- is used for the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full
- pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is speci-
- fied in the environment variable TERM is extracted from
- that file. If the environment variable TERMCAP is not
- set, then the file /usr/share/terminfo is read.
+ If no file is given, then the environment variable TERMCAP is used for
+ the filename or entry. If TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only
+ the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable TERM
+ is extracted from that file. If the environment variable TERMCAP is
+ not set, then the file /usr/share/terminfo is read.
- -v print out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs.
+ -v print out tracing information on standard error as the program
+ runs.
- -V print out the version of the program in use on stan-
- dard error and exit.
+ -V print out the version of the program in use on standard error and
+ exit.
- -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other-
- wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to
- a maximum width of 60 characters.
+ -1 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the
+ fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
+ characters.
-w change the output to width characters.
-
- Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically
- be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo
- capabilities by captoinfo. Whenever one of these auto-
- matic translations is done, the program will issue an
- notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it
- has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and
- random capability and/or syntax error.
+
+ Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated
+ into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by captoinfo.
+ Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program will
+ issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it has
+ not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random capability
+ and/or syntax error.
Nonstd Std From Terminfo
name name capability
@@ -116,11 +107,11 @@
GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode
HM kh XENIX key_home
LD kL XENIX key_dl
-
PD kN XENIX key_npage
PN po XENIX prtr_off
PS pf XENIX prtr_on
PU kP XENIX key_ppage
+
RT @8 XENIX kent
UP ku XENIX kcuu1
KA k; Tek key_f10
@@ -133,9 +124,9 @@
FC Sf Tek set_foreground
HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
- XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa-
- bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of
- the IBM PC high-half graphics. They were as follows:
+ XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities for
+ forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC high-half
+ graphics. They were as follows:
Cap Graphic
-----------------------------
@@ -163,14 +154,13 @@
Gc intersection
GG acs magic cookie count
- If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they
- will automatically be composed into an acsc string. The
- double-line capabilities and GG are discarded with a warn-
- ing message.
+ If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automati-
+ cally be composed into an acsc string. The double-line capabilities
+ and GG are discarded with a warning message.
- IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 ter-
- minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following
- AIX extensions are automatically translated:
+ IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but
+ incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are
+ automatically translated:
IBM XSI
-------------
@@ -181,44 +171,47 @@
font2 s2ds
font3 s3ds
- Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automati-
- cally translated to an acsc string.
+ Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automatically translated
+ to an acsc string.
- Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
- dard terminfo capabilities meml (memory lock) and memu
- (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning
- message.
+ Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
+ capabilities meml (memory lock) and memu (memory unlock). These will
+ be discarded with a warning message.
-
-
NOTES
- This utility is actually a link to tic(1m), running in -I
- mode. You can use other tic options such as -f and -x.
+
+ This utility is actually a link to tic(1m), running in -I mode. You
+ can use other tic options such as -f and -x.
- The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4,
- instead of following the -v with a trace level n, you
- repeat it n times.
+ The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of
+ following the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
-