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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2015,2017 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 *
.\" authorization. *
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-.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.7 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
-.TH toe 1M ""
-.ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.64 2024/01/20 16:51:21 tom Exp $
+.TH @TOE@ 1M 2024-01-20 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.ie n .ds CW R
+.el \{
+.ie \n(.g .ds CW CR
+.el .ds CW CW
+.\}
+.
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
-\fBtoe\fR - table of (terminfo) entries
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP \-
+list table of entries of \fIterminfo\fR terminal types
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBtoe\fR [\fB-v\fR[\fIn\fR]] [\fB-huUV\fR] \fIfile...\fR
-.br
-.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B @TOE@
+.RB [ \-ahs ]
+.RB [ \-v\ \c
+.RI [ n ]]
+.RI [ directory
+\&.\|.\|.]
.PP
-With no options, \fBtoe\fR lists all available terminal types by primary name
-with descriptions. File arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no
-such arguments are given, your default terminfo directory is scanned. If you
-also specify the -h option, a directory header will be issued as each
-directory is entered.
+.B @TOE@
+.RB [ \-u | \-U ]
+.I file
.PP
-There are other options intended for use by terminfo file maintainers:
+.B "@TOE@ \-V"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP reports to the standard output stream the (primary) names
+and descriptions of the terminal types available to the \fIterminfo\fP
+library.
+Each \fIdirectory\fP is scanned;
+if none are given,
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP scans the default \fIterminfo\fP directory.
+.SH OPTIONS
+The \fB\-h\fP option can be helpful to observe where \fB\%@TOE@\fP is
+looking for terminal descriptions.
+Other options support maintainers of \fIterminfo\fP terminal
+descriptions.
+.TP 9 \" "-u file" + 2n
+.B \-a
+lists entries from all terminal database directories that \fIterminfo\fP
+would search,
+instead of only the first that it finds.
+.IP
+If the \fB\-s\fP option is also given,
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP adds a column to the report,
+showing (like \fB\%conflict\fP(1)) which entries belong to a given
+terminal database.
+An \*(``*\*('' marks entries that differ,
+and \*(``+\*('' marks equivalent entries.
+.IP
+Without the \fB\-s\fP option,
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP does not attempt to merge duplicates in its report.
+.TP
+.B \-h
+writes a heading naming each each directory as it is accessed.
.TP
-\fB-u\fR \fIfile\fR
-says to issue a report on dependencies in the given file. This report condenses
-the `use' relation: each line consists of the primary name of a terminal that
-has use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the
-whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which occur in those use
-capabilities, followed by a newline
+.B \-s
+sorts the output by the entry names.
.TP
-\fB-U\fR \fIfile\fR
-says to issue a report on reverse dependencies in the given file. This report
-reverses the `use' relation: each line consists of the primary name of a
-terminal that occurs in use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the
-whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which depend on it,
-followed by a newline.
+.BI \-u\ file
+lists terminal type dependencies in \fIfile\fP,
+a \fIterminfo\fP entry source or \fItermcap\fP database file.
+The report summarizes the \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' (\fIterminfo\fP) and
+\fBtc\fP (\fItermcap\fP) relations:
+each line comprises the primary name of a terminal type employing
+\fBuse\fP/\fBtc\fP capabilities,
+a colon,
+a space- and tab-separated list of primary names of terminal types thus
+named,
+and a newline.
.TP
-\fB-v\fR\fIn\fR
-specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
-information showing \fBtoe\fR's progress. The optional integer
-\fIn\fR is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted as for \fBtic\fR(1).
-.TP 5
-\fB-V\fR
-prints out the version of the program in use on standard error and exits.
+.BI \-U\ file
+lists terminal type reverse dependencies in \fIfile\fP,
+a \fIterminfo\fP entry source or \fItermcap\fP database file.
+The report summarizes the \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' (\fIterminfo\fP) and
+\fBtc\fP (\fItermcap\fP) reverse relations:
+each line comprises the primary name of a terminal type occurring in
+\fBuse\fP/\fBtc\fP capabilities,
+a colon,
+a space- and tab-separated list of primary names of terminal types
+naming them thus,
+and a newline.
+.TP
+.BR \-v\ [\c
+.IR n ]
+reports verbose status information to the standard error stream,
+showing \fB\%@TOE@\fP's progress.
+.IP
+The optional parameter \fIn\fP is an integer between 1 and 10 inclusive,
+interpreted as for \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M).
+If \fI\%ncurses\fP is built without tracing support,
+\fIn\fP is ignored.
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fP
+reports the version of \fI\%ncurses\fP associated
+with this program and exits with a successful status.
.SH FILES
-.TP 5
-\fB\*d/?/*\fR
-Compiled terminal description database.
+.TP
+.I \*d
+compiled terminal description database
+.SH PORTABILITY
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP is not provided by other implementations.
+There is no applicable X/Open or POSIX standard for it.
+.SH HISTORY
+\fB\%@TOE@\fP replaces a \fB\-T\fP option that was briefly supported by
+the \fI\%ncurses\fP \fB\%infocmp\fP utility in 1995.
+.PP
+The \fB\-a\fP and \fB\-s\fP options were added in 2006 and 2011,
+respectively.
+.PP
+The program's name originates with a developer's pun:
+.bP
+\fBtic\fP,
+.bP
+\fBtac\fP (now \fBtack\fP),
+.bP
+\fBtoe\fP.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+When not sorting with the \fB\-s\fP option,
+the \fB\-a\fP option reports all of the names found in all of the
+terminal database directories named in the \fI\%TERMINFO\fP and
+\fI\%TERMINFO_DIRS\fP environment variables.
+.RS 4
+.PP
+.\" toe -a | grep -E '^(xterm|vt)'
+.ft \*(CW
+.TS
+L2 Lx.
+xterm\-color generic color xterm
+xterm\-xfree86 xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
+xterm\-vt220 xterm emulating vt220
+xterm\-256color xterm with 256 colors
+xterm\-r6 xterm X11R6 version
+xterm\-r5 xterm R5 version
+xterm\-mono monochrome xterm
+xterm T{
+.ad l
+xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
+T}
+vt220 dec vt220
+vt102 dec vt102
+vt100 dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
+vt52 dec vt52
+.T&
+L.
+\&.\|.\|.
+.TE
+.ft
+.RE
+.PP
+Use the \fB\-a\fP and \fB\-s\fP options together to show where each
+terminal description was found.
+.RS 4
+.PP
+.\" toe -as | grep -E '(^-+>|:.(xterm|vt))'
+.ft \*(CW
+.TS
+Lx.
+\-\-> /etc/terminfo
+\-\-\-\-> /lib/terminfo
+\-\-\-\-\-\-> /usr/share/terminfo
+.TE
+.TS
+L1 L2 Lx.
+\-\-*\-\-\-: vt100 dec vt100 (w/advanced video)
+\-\-*\-\-\-: vt102 dec vt102
+\-\-*\-\-\-: vt220 dec vt220
+\-\-*\-\-\-: vt52 dec vt52
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm T{
+.ad l
+xterm terminal emulator (X Window System)
+T}
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-256color xterm with 256 colors
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-color generic color xterm
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-mono monochrome xterm
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-r5 xterm R5 version
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-r6 xterm X11R6 version
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-vt220 xterm emulating vt220
+\-\-*\-\-\-: xterm\-xfree86 T{
+.ad l
+xterm terminal emulator (XFree86)
+T}
+.T&
+L.
+\&.\|.\|.
+.TE
+.ft
+.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBtic\fR(1M), \fBinfocmp\fR(1M), \fBcaptoinfo\fR(1M), \fBinfotocap\fR(1M),
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP(1M),
+\fB\%@INFOCMP@\fP(1M),
+\fB\%@INFOTOCAP@\fP(1M),
+\fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%terminfo\fP(5)