ncurses 6.4 - patch 20230918

[ncurses.git] / man / captoinfo.1m

diff --git a/man/captoinfo.1m b/man/captoinfo.1m
index 9028adc4b25c9ebbbb9a12fd389b4f29c73c942d..65f191f0e681d1e44f0390c2ce5fcb6a004ed5b1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/captoinfo.1m
+++ b/man/captoinfo.1m
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.36 2023/07/01 15:43:20 tom Exp $
-.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M 2023-07-01 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.44 2023/09/16 23:39:05 tom Exp $
+.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M 2023-09-16 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
-\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fP \- convert a \fItermcap\fP description into a \fIterminfo\fP description
+\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP \-
+convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB\-v\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR]  [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR ...
+.B @CAPTOINFO@
+.RI [ tic-option ]
+.I file
+\&.\|.\|.
+.P
+\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR \fB\-V\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fP looks in each given text
 \fIfile\fP for \fBtermcap\fP descriptions.
@@ -52,21 +58,18 @@ the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable \fBTERM\fP is
 extracted from that file.
 If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fP is not
 set, then the file \fB\*d\fP is read.
-.TP 5
-\fB\-v\fP
-print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.
-.TP 5
-\fB\-V\fP
-print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.
-.TP 5
-\fB\-1\fP
-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\fP
-change the output to \fIwidth\fP characters.
+.PP
+This utility is implemented as a link to \fB@TIC@\fP(1M),
+with the latter's
+.B \-I
+option implied.
+You can use other \fB@TIC@\fP options such as
+.BR \-1 ,
+.BR \-f ,
+.BR \-v ,
+.BR \-w ,
+and
+.BR \-x .
 .SH FILES
 .TP 20
 \*d
@@ -79,12 +82,12 @@ will issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that
 it has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random
 capability and/or syntax error.
 .PP
-.TS H
-c c c c
-c c c c
-l l l l.
-Nonstd Std     From    Terminfo
-name   name            capability
+.TS
+cb cb cb cb
+cb cb cb cb
+l  l  l  l .
+Nonstd Std     \&      Terminfo
+name   name    From    capability
 _
 BO     mr      AT&T    enter_reverse_mode
 CI     vi      AT&T    cursor_invisible
@@ -121,8 +124,8 @@ for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC
 high-half graphics.
 They were as follows:
 .PP
-.TS H
-c c
+.TS
+cb cb
 l l.
 Cap    Graphic
 _
@@ -160,9 +163,10 @@ IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible
 with the SVr4 format.
 The following AIX extensions are automatically
 translated:
+.PP
 .TS
-c c
-l l.
+cb cb
+l  l .
 IBM    XSI
 _
 ksel   kslt
@@ -180,9 +184,6 @@ Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
 capabilities \fBmeml\fP (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fP (memory unlock).
 These will be discarded with a warning message.
 .SH NOTES
-This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fP(1M), running in \fI\-I\fP mode.
-You can use other \fB@TIC@\fP options such as \fB\-f\fP and  \fB\-x\fP.
-.PP
 The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's.
 Under SVr4, instead of following
 the \fB\-v\fP with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.