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43 <H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m</H1>
45 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
50 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM> description
54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
55 <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> ...
58 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
59 <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> descriptions. For
60 each one found, an equivalent <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description is written to stan-
61 dard output. Termcap <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities are translated directly to ter-
62 minfo <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities.
64 If no <EM>file</EM> is given, then the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is used for
65 the filename or entry. If <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is a full pathname to a file, only
66 the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>
67 is extracted from that file. If the environment variable <STRONG>TERMCAP</STRONG> is
68 not set, then the file <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> is read.
70 <STRONG>-v</STRONG> print out tracing information on standard error as the program
73 <STRONG>-V</STRONG> print out the version of the program in use on standard error and
76 <STRONG>-1</STRONG> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the
77 fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
80 <STRONG>-w</STRONG> change the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
83 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
84 /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
87 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-TRANSLATIONS-FROM-NONSTANDARD-CAPABILITIES">TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</a></H2><PRE>
88 Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated
89 into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>.
90 Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program will
91 issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it has
92 not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random capability
95 Nonstd Std From Terminfo
97 -----------------------------------------------
98 BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode
99 CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible
100 CV ve AT&T cursor_normal
101 DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode
102 EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode
103 FE LF AT&T label_on
104 FL LO AT&T label_off
105 XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode
107 GE ae XENIX exit_alt_charset_mode
108 GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode
111 PD kN XENIX key_npage
114 PU kP XENIX key_ppage
124 BC Sb Tek set_background
125 FC Sf Tek set_foreground
126 HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
128 XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities for
129 forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC high-half
130 graphics. They were as follows:
133 -----------------------------
149 Gr tee pointing right
156 GG acs magic cookie count
158 If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automati-
159 cally be composed into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string. The double-line capabilities
160 and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warning message.
162 IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but
163 incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are
164 automatically translated:
175 Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automatically translated
176 to an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
178 Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
179 capabilities <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). These will
180 be discarded with a warning message.
183 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
184 This utility is actually a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, running in <EM>-I</EM> mode. You
185 can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
187 The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of
188 following the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
191 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
192 X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes <STRONG>tic</STRONG> briefly, but omits this
193 program. SVr4 systems provide <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> as a separate application from
194 <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
196 NetBSD does not provide this application.
199 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
200 <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>
202 This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
205 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
206 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
207 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
211 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
215 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
216 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
217 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
218 <li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
219 <li><a href="#h2-TRANSLATIONS-FROM-NONSTANDARD-CAPABILITIES">TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</a></li>
220 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
221 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
222 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
223 <li><a href="#h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></li>