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51 <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM>
56 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
57 <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-V</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-1</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] <EM>file</EM> . . .
61 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
62 <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> looks in <EM>file</EM> for <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> descriptions. For
63 each one found, an equivalent <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description is
64 written to standard output. Termcap <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities are
65 translated directly to terminfo <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities.
67 If no <EM>file</EM> is given, then the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG>
68 is used for the filename or entry. If <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is a full
69 pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is speci-
70 fied in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> is extracted from
71 that file. If the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is not
72 set, then the file <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> is read.
74 <STRONG>-v</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as
77 <STRONG>-V</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on stan-
80 <STRONG>-1</STRONG> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other-
81 wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to
82 a maximum width of 60 characters.
84 <STRONG>-w</STRONG> change the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
89 /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description
94 <H2>TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</H2><PRE>
95 Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically
96 be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo
97 capabilities by <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>. Whenever one of these auto-
98 matic translations is done, the program will issue an
99 notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it
100 has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and
101 random capability and/or syntax error.
104 Nonstd Std From Terminfo
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107 BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode
108 CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible
109 CV ve AT&T cursor_normal
110 DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode
111 EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode
112 FE LF AT&T label_on
113 FL LO AT&T label_off
114 XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode
116 GE ae XENIX exit_alt_charset_mode
117 GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode
121 PD kN XENIX key_npage
124 PU kP XENIX key_ppage
133 BC Sb Tek set_background
134 FC Sf Tek set_foreground
135 HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
137 XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa-
138 bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of
139 the IBM PC high-half graphics. They were as follows:
143 -----------------------------
159 Gr tee pointing right
166 GG acs magic cookie count
168 If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they
169 will automatically be composed into an <EM>acsc</EM> string. The
170 double-line capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warn-
173 IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 ter-
174 minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following
175 AIX extensions are automatically translated:
186 Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automati-
187 cally translated to an <EM>acsc</EM> string.
189 Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
190 dard terminfo capabilities <EM>meml</EM> (memory lock) and <EM>memu</EM>
191 (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning
197 This utility is actually a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, running in <EM>-I</EM>
198 mode. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
200 The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4,
201 instead of following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level n, you
206 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
207 <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
209 This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.6 (patch 20081011).
214 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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