X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcaptoinfo.1m;h=819c75c354830c04b2c3bfea91dd0c443d05f8bd;hb=2de8c14bb2c6f8e61cfbbfb1f0f30d1ad64c8d68;hp=de57a27cf0f4a73742005e37134e65490ba46a86;hpb=3853a8e97d7efa8cb6a3c93c696d2c52895d6a70;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/captoinfo.1m b/man/captoinfo.1m index de57a27c..819c75c3 100644 --- a/man/captoinfo.1m +++ b/man/captoinfo.1m @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2016 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 * @@ -27,58 +28,78 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.22 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $ -.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M "" +.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.52 2023/10/14 19:25:26 tom Exp $ +.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M 2023-10-14 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands" +.ie \n(.g \{\ +.ds `` \(lq +.ds '' \(rq +.ds ' \(aq +.\} +.el \{\ +.ie t .ds `` `` +.el .ds `` "" +.ie t .ds '' '' +.el .ds '' "" +.ie t .ds ' \(aq +.el .ds ' ' +.\} +. .ds n 5 -.ds d @TERMINFO@ +.ds d /etc/termcap .SH NAME -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR - convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP \- +convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB-v\fR\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-1\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR . . . +.B @CAPTOINFO@ +.RI [ tic-option ] +.RI [ file +\&.\|.\|.] +.P +.B "@CAPTOINFO@ \-V" .SH DESCRIPTION -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR looks in \fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. For each -one found, an equivalent \fBterminfo\fR description is written to standard -output. Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo -\fBuse\fR capabilities. +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP looks in each given text +\fIfile\fP for \fItermcap\fP descriptions. +For each one found, +it writes an equivalent \fIterminfo\fP description to the standard +output stream. +\fItermcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities are translated directly to +\fIterminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities. .PP -If no \fIfile\fR is given, then the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is used -for the filename or entry. If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only -the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable \fBTERM\fR is -extracted from that file. If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not -set, then the file \fB\*d\fR is read. -.TP 5 -\fB-v\fR -print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. -.TP 5 -\fB-V\fR -print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit. -.TP 5 -\fB-1\fR -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\fR -change the output to \fIwidth\fR characters. -.SH FILES -.TP 20 -\*d -Compiled terminal description database. -.SH TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES +If no \fIfile\fPs are specified, +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP interprets the content of the environment variable +\fB\%TERMCAP\fP as a file name, +and extracts only the entry for the terminal named in the environment +variable \fB\%TERM\fP from it. +If the environment variable \fB\%TERMCAP\fP is not set, +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP reads \fI\%\*d\fP. .PP -Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated -into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR. -Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program -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. +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 . +The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fIncurses\fP associated +with this program and exits with a successful status. +.SS "Translations from nonstandard capabilities" +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP translates some obsolete, +nonstandard capabilities into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) \fIterminfo\fP +capabilities. +It issues a diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, +inviting the user to check that it has not mistakenly translated an +unknown or mistyped capability name. .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 +cb cb l lb. +Nonstandard Standard \& \f(BIterminfo\fP +name name From capability _ BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible @@ -110,50 +131,61 @@ FC Sf Tek set_foreground HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode .TE .PP -XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities -for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC -high-half graphics. They were as follows: +XENIX \fItermcap\fP had a set of extension capabilities, +corresponding to box drawing characters of CCSID +(\*(``code page\*('') 437, +as follows. .PP -.TS H -c c -l l. -Cap Graphic +.TS +cb cb +cb cb +cb l . +Termcap +Name Graphic _ -G2 upper left -G3 lower left -G1 upper right -G4 lower right -GR pointing right -GL pointing left -GU pointing up -GD pointing down +G2 upper left corner +G3 lower left corner +G1 upper right corner +G4 lower right corner +GR tee pointing right +GL tee pointing left +GU tee pointing up +GD tee pointing down GH horizontal line GV vertical line GC intersection -G6 upper left -G7 lower left -G5 upper right -G8 lower right -Gr tee pointing right -Gr tee pointing left -Gu tee pointing up -Gd tee pointing down -Gh horizontal line -Gv vertical line -Gc intersection -GG acs magic cookie count +G6 double upper left corner +G7 double lower left corner +G5 double upper right corner +G8 double lower right corner +Gr double tee pointing right +Gr double tee pointing left +Gu double tee pointing up +Gd double tee pointing down +Gh double horizontal line +Gv double vertical line +Gc double intersection +.\" TODO: There are about 40 box drawing code points in CCSID 437; +.\" were there no XENIX capabilities for the mixed single- and double- +.\" line intersections? +.\" +.\" TODO: GG doesn't seem to fit with the others; explain it. +GG ACS magic cookie count .TE .PP -If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically -be composed into an \fIacsc\fR string. The double-line capabilities and -\fBGG\fR are discarded with a warning message. +If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, +they are composed into an \fBacsc\fP string. +The double-line capabilities and +\fBGG\fP are discarded with a warning message. +.PP +IBM's AIX has a \fIterminfo\fP facility descended from SVr1 +\fIterminfo\fP, +but which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP translates the following AIX extensions. .PP -IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible -with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are automatically -translated: .TS -c c -l l. +cb cb +l l . IBM XSI _ ksel kslt @@ -164,30 +196,37 @@ font2 s2ds font3 s3ds .TE .PP -Additionally, the AIX \fIbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to -an \fIacsc\fR string. +Additionally, +this program translates the AIX \fBbox1\fP capability to an \fBacsc\fP +string. .PP -Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo -capabilities \fImeml\fR (memory lock) and \fImemu\fR (memory unlock). -These will be discarded with a warning message. +The HP-UX \fIterminfo\fP library supports two nonstandard \fIterminfo\fP +capabilities, +\fBmeml\fP (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fP (memory unlock). +\fB\%@CAPTOINFO@\fP discards these with a warning message. +.SH FILES +.TP +\fI\*d\fP +default \fItermcap\fP terminal capability database .SH NOTES -This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR(1M), running in \fI-I\fR mode. -You can use other \fB@TIC@\fR options such as \fB-f\fR and \fB-x\fR. -.PP -The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of following -the \fB-v\fR with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. -.SH SEE ALSO -\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), -\fBcurses\fR(3X), -\fBterminfo\fR(\*n) +The verbose option is not identical to SVr4's. +Under SVr4, instead of following +the \fB\-v\fP with a trace level \fIn\fP, +you repeat it \fIn\fP times. +.SH PORTABILITY +X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes \fBtic\fP briefly, +but omits this program. +SVr4 systems provide \fB\%captoinfo\fP as a separate application from +\fBtic\fP. .PP -This describes \fBncurses\fR -version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). +NetBSD does not provide this application. .SH AUTHOR Eric S. Raymond -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +and +.br +Thomas E. Dickey +.SH SEE ALSO +\fB\%@INFOCMP@\fP(1M), +\fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M), +\fB\%curses\fP(3X), +\fB\%terminfo\fP(\*n)