If no <I>file</I> is given, then the environment variable <B>TERMCAP</B>
is used for the filename or entry. If <B>TERMCAP</B> is a full
- pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is speci-
- fied in the environment variable <B>TERM</B> is extracted from
- that file. If the environment variable <B>TERMCAP</B> is not
- set, then the file <B>@DATADIR@/terminfo</B> is read.
+ pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is
+ specified in the environment variable <B>TERM</B> is extracted
+ from that file. If the environment variable <B>TERMCAP</B> is
+ not set, then the file <B>/usr/share/terminfo</B> is read.
<B>-v</B> print out tracing information on standard error as
the program runs.
- <B>-V</B> print out the version of the program in use on stan-
- dard error and exit.
+ <B>-V</B> print out the version of the program in use on
+ standard error and exit.
- <B>-1</B> cause the fields to print out one to a line. Other-
- wise, the fields will be printed several to a line to
- a maximum width of 60 characters.
+ <B>-1</B> 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.
<B>-w</B> change the output to <I>width</I> characters.
</PRE>
<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
- @DATADIR@/terminfo Compiled terminal description
+ /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description
database.
<H2>TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES</H2><PRE>
Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically
be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo
- capabilities by <B>captoinfo</B>. Whenever one of these auto-
- matic translations is done, the program will issue an
+ capabilities by <B>captoinfo</B>. 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.
FC Sf Tek set_foreground
HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode
- XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capa-
- bilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of
- the IBM PC high-half graphics. They were as follows:
+ 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:
Cap Graphic
-----------------------------
If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they
will automatically be composed into an <B>acsc</B> string. The
- double-line capabilities and <B>GG</B> are discarded with a warn-
- ing message.
+ double-line capabilities and <B>GG</B> are discarded with a
+ warning message.
- IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 ter-
- minfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The following
- AIX extensions are automatically translated:
+ IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1
+ terminfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format. The
+ following AIX extensions are automatically translated:
IBM XSI
-------------
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font3 s3ds
- Additionally, the AIX <B>box1</B> capability will be automati-
- cally translated to an <B>acsc</B> string.
+ Additionally, the AIX <B>box1</B> capability will be
+ automatically translated to an <B>acsc</B> string.
- Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
- dard terminfo capabilities <B>meml</B> (memory lock) and <B>memu</B>
- (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning
- message.
+ Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two
+ nonstandard terminfo capabilities <B>meml</B> (memory lock) and
+ <B>memu</B> (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a
+ warning message.
</PRE>
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