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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@@ -78,25 +78,43 @@
terminal termname with each of the descriptions given by
the entries for the other terminal's termnames. If a
capability is defined for only one of the terminals, the
- value returned will depend on the type of the capability:
- F for boolean variables, -1 for integer variables, and
- NULL for string variables.
+ value returned depends on the type of the capability:
- The -d option produces a list of each capability that is
- different between two entries. This option is useful to
- show the difference between two entries, created by dif-
- ferent people, for the same or similar terminals.
+ o F for missing boolean variables
- The -c option produces a list of each capability that is
- common between two or more entries. Capabilities that are
- not set are ignored. This option can be used as a quick
- check to see if the -u option is worth using.
+ o NULL for missing integer or string variables
- The -n option produces a list of each capability that is
- in none of the given entries. If no termnames are given,
- the environment variable TERM will be used for both of the
- termnames. This can be used as a quick check to see if
- anything was left out of a description.
+ Use the -q option to show the distinction between absent
+ and cancelled capabilities.
+
+ These options produce a list which you can use to compare
+ two or more terminal descriptions:
+
+ -d produces a list of each capability that is different
+ between two entries. Each item in the list shows ":"
+ after the capability name, followed by the capability
+ values, separated by a comma.
+
+ -c produces a list of each capability that is common
+ between two or more entries. Missing capabilities
+ are ignored. Each item in the list shows "=" after
+ the capability name, followed by the capability
+ value.
+
+ The -u option provides a related output, showing the
+ first terminal description rewritten to use the sec-
+ ond as a building block via the "use=" clause.
+
+ -n produces a list of each capability that is in none of
+ the given entries. Each item in the list shows "!"
+ before the capability name.
+
+ Normally only the conventional capabilities are
+ shown. Use the -x option to add the BSD-compatibil-
+ ity capabilities (names prefixed with "OT").
+
+ If no termnames are given, infocmp uses the environ-
+ ment variable TERM for each of the termnames.
@@ -132,7 +150,7 @@
All padding information for strings will be collected
together and placed at the beginning of the string where
termcap expects it. Mandatory padding (padding informa-
- tion with a trailing '/') will become optional.
+ tion with a trailing "/") will become optional.
All termcap variables no longer supported by terminfo, but
which are derivable from other terminfo variables, will be
@@ -159,6 +177,8 @@
equivalents, and some terminal types which commonly have
such sequences, are:
+
+
terminfo termcap Representative Terminals
---------------------------------------------------------------
%p1%c %. adm
@@ -356,18 +376,21 @@
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).
+ All but NORMAL may be prefixed with
+
+ o "+" (turn on) or
+
+ o "-" (turn off).
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence
+ An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence
(equivalent to {SGR:NORMAL}).
-l Set output format to terminfo.
-p Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
- -Q n Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
- print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or
+ -Q n Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+ print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or
base64 form, depending on the option's value:
1 hexadecimal
@@ -378,10 +401,13 @@
-q This makes the output a little shorter:
- o Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting
- subheadings, and using "-" for absent capabili-
+ o Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting
+ subheadings, and using "-" for absent capabili-
ties, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+ o However, show differences between absent and can-
+ celled capabilities.
+
o Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source
listings.
@@ -438,8 +464,12 @@
program, and exits.
-v n prints out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
- verbosity.
+ the program runs.
+
+ The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10,
+ inclusive, indicating the desired level of detail of
+ information. If ncurses is built without tracing
+ support, the optional parameter is ignored.
-W By itself, the -w option will not force long strings
to be wrapped. Use the -W option to do this.
@@ -458,11 +488,17 @@
- The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i,
- -l, -p, -q and -t options are not supported in SVr4
+ The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -Q, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g,
+ -i, -l, -p, -q and -t options are not supported in SVr4
curses.
- The -r option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
+ SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and can-
+ celled capabilities. Also, it shows missing integer capa-
+ bilities as -1 (the internal value used to represent miss-
+ ing integers). This implementation shows those as "NULL",
+ for consistency with missing strings.
+
+ The -r 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 -r
-RBSD.
@@ -478,7 +514,7 @@
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20161231).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170422).