X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Finfocmp.1m;h=af92bb99ef990689e7796acae22501d2b9b0b793;hp=3a0d1cad5cf1b70128584e60a19774c4a9f71623;hb=59c1a9740d123db3cecafe76e18f7848081a670b;hpb=4ceb04b5e19df8964f98c7675d9448c205a2053e diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m index 3a0d1cad..af92bb99 100644 --- a/man/infocmp.1m +++ b/man/infocmp.1m @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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 1.57 2015/09/05 20:50:22 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 @@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ 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 +233,25 @@ 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 +319,11 @@ 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 +333,9 @@ 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 +381,7 @@ 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 +390,31 @@ 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 +422,7 @@ 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.