X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcaptoinfo.1m;h=c7a33643f706f1317bdfb1938440a6fcb836216e;hp=de57a27cf0f4a73742005e37134e65490ba46a86;hb=5dbe81a41e3c75806996cd762b9e55dcc9edb835;hpb=3853a8e97d7efa8cb6a3c93c696d2c52895d6a70 diff --git a/man/captoinfo.1m b/man/captoinfo.1m index de57a27c..c7a33643 100644 --- a/man/captoinfo.1m +++ b/man/captoinfo.1m @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 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 * @@ -27,38 +27,44 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.22 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.25 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $ .TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M "" .ds n 5 .ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR - convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR \- convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB-v\fR\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-1\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR . . . +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB\-v\fR\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR . . . .SH DESCRIPTION -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR looks in \fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. For each +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR looks in each given text +\fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. +For each one found, an equivalent \fBterminfo\fR description is written to standard -output. Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo +output. +Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo \fBuse\fR capabilities. .PP If no \fIfile\fR is given, then the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is used -for the filename or entry. If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only +for the filename or entry. +If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable \fBTERM\fR is -extracted from that file. If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not +extracted from that file. +If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not set, then the file \fB\*d\fR is read. .TP 5 -\fB-v\fR +\fB\-v\fR print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. .TP 5 -\fB-V\fR +\fB\-V\fR print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit. .TP 5 -\fB-1\fR -cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields +\fB\-1\fR +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. .TP 5 -\fB-w\fR +\fB\-w\fR change the output to \fIwidth\fR characters. .SH FILES .TP 20 @@ -112,7 +118,8 @@ HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode .PP 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: +high-half graphics. +They were as follows: .PP .TS H c c @@ -145,11 +152,13 @@ GG acs magic cookie count .TE .PP If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically -be composed into an \fIacsc\fR string. The double-line capabilities and +be composed into an \fIacsc\fR string. +The double-line capabilities and \fBGG\fR are discarded with a warning message. .PP IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible -with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are automatically +with the SVr4 format. +The following AIX extensions are automatically translated: .TS c c @@ -171,11 +180,12 @@ Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo capabilities \fImeml\fR (memory lock) and \fImemu\fR (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning message. .SH NOTES -This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR(1M), running in \fI-I\fR mode. -You can use other \fB@TIC@\fR options such as \fB-f\fR and \fB-x\fR. +This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR(1M), running in \fI\-I\fR mode. +You can use other \fB@TIC@\fR options such as \fB\-f\fR and \fB\-x\fR. .PP -The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of following -the \fB-v\fR 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 \fB\-v\fR with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. .SH SEE ALSO \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), \fBcurses\fR(3X), @@ -185,9 +195,6 @@ This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). .SH AUTHOR Eric S. Raymond -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +and +.br +Thomas E. Dickey