4 .ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
6 \fBcaptoinfo\fR - convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description
8 \fBcaptoinfo\fR [\fB-v\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB-V\fR] [\fB-1\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR . . .
10 \fBcaptoinfo\fR looks in \fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. For each
11 one found, an equivalent \fBterminfo\fR description is written to standard
12 output. Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo
13 \fBuse\fR capabilities.
15 If no \fIfile\fR is given, then the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is used
16 for the filename or entry. If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only
17 the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable \fBTERM\fR is
18 extracted from that file. If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not
19 set, then the file \fB\*d\fR is read.
22 print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.
25 print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.
28 cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields
29 will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
33 change the output to \fIwidth\fR characters.
37 Compiled terminal description database.
38 .SH TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES
40 Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated
41 into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by \fBcaptoinfo\fR.
42 Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program
43 will issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that
44 it has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random
45 capability and/or syntax error.
51 Nonstd Std From Terminfo
54 BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode
55 CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible
56 CV ve AT&T cursor_normal
57 DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode
58 EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode
61 XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode
63 GE ae XENIX exit_alt_charset_mode
64 GS as XENIX enter_alt_charset_mode
79 BC Sb Tek set_background
80 FC Sf Tek set_foreground
81 HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
84 XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities
85 for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC
86 high-half graphics. They were as follows:
108 Gr tee pointing right
115 GG acs magic cookie count
118 If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically
119 be composed into an \fBacsc\fR string. The double-line capabilities and
120 \fBGG\fR are discarded with a warning message.
122 IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible
123 with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are automatically
139 Additionally, the AIX \fBbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to
140 an \fBacsc\fR string.
142 Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
143 capabilities \fBmeml\fR (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fR (memory unlock).
144 These will be discarded with a warning message.
146 This utility is actually a link to \fItic\fR(1M), running in \fI-I\fR mode.
148 The trace option isn't identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of following
149 the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times.
151 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBinfocmp\fR(1M), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
153 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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