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User commands <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> looks for the terminal
descriptions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> and
<STRONG>TERMINFO_DIRS</STRONG> environment variables to override the compiled-in default
- list of places to search (see <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> for details).
+ list of places to search. See <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, as well as the <EM>Fetching</EM>
+ <EM>Compiled</EM> <EM>Descriptions</EM> section in <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- You can also use the options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> to override the list of places
+ You can also use the options <STRONG>-A</STRONG> and <STRONG>-B</STRONG> to override the list of places
to search when comparing terminal descriptions:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-A</STRONG> option sets the location for the first <EM>termname</EM>
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The <STRONG>-B</STRONG> option sets the location for the other <EM>termnames</EM>.
- Using these options, it is possible to compare descriptions for a
- terminal with the same name located in two different databases. For
- instance, you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the
+ Using these options, it is possible to compare descriptions for a
+ terminal with the same name located in two different databases. For
+ instance, you can use this feature for comparing descriptions for the
same terminal created by different people.
<STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without wrapping.
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed out one to a line. Otherwise, the
- fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
+ fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60
characters.
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
- discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
+ discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
with a period.
<STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
and exit.
- <STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
- the C initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal
- capability structure in the <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for
- preparing versions of the curses library hardwired for a given
- terminal type. The tables are all declared static, and are named
- according to the type and the name of the corresponding terminal
+ <STRONG>-E</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
+ the C initializer for a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal
+ capability structure in the <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for
+ preparing versions of the curses library hardwired for a given
+ terminal type. The tables are all declared static, and are named
+ according to the type and the name of the corresponding terminal
entry.
- Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options was
- not needed; but support for extended names required making the
- arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE
+ Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options was
+ not needed; but support for extended names required making the
+ arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE
structure.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C initializer for
- a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the
- <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for preparing versions of the
+ a TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the
+ <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>). This option is useful for preparing versions of the
curses library hardwired for a given terminal type.
<STRONG>-F</STRONG> compare terminfo files. This assumes that two following arguments
- are filenames. The files are searched for pairwise matches
- between entries, with two entries considered to match if any of
- their names do. The report printed to standard output lists
- entries with no matches in the other file, and entries with more
- than one match. For entries with exactly one match it includes a
- difference report. Normally, to reduce the volume of the report,
- use references are not resolved before looking for differences,
+ are filenames. The files are searched for pairwise matches
+ between entries, with two entries considered to match if any of
+ their names do. The report printed to standard output lists
+ entries with no matches in the other file, and entries with more
+ than one match. For entries with exactly one match it includes a
+ difference report. Normally, to reduce the volume of the report,
+ use references are not resolved before looking for differences,
but resolution can be forced by also specifying <STRONG>-r</STRONG>.
- <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif
+ <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif
expressions indented for readability.
- <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
+ <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
character equivalents.
- <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
+ <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
their decimal equivalents.
- <STRONG>-i</STRONG> Analyze the initialization (<STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, <STRONG>is3</STRONG>), and reset (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>), strings in the entry, as well as those used for
- starting/stopping cursor-positioning mode (<STRONG>smcup</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>) as well
+ <STRONG>-i</STRONG> Analyze the initialization (<STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, <STRONG>is3</STRONG>), and reset (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>), strings in the entry, as well as those used for
+ starting/stopping cursor-positioning mode (<STRONG>smcup</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>) as well
as starting/stopping keymap mode (<STRONG>smkx</STRONG>, <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>).
- For each string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
- terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain X3.64/ISO
+ For each string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
+ terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain X3.64/ISO
6429/ECMA-48 capabilities, and certain DEC VT-series private modes
- (the set of recognized special sequences has been selected for
- completeness over the existing terminfo database). Each report
- line consists of the capability name, followed by a colon and
- space, followed by a printable expansion of the capability string
- with sections matching recognized actions translated into
+ (the set of recognized special sequences has been selected for
+ completeness over the existing terminfo database). Each report
+ line consists of the capability name, followed by a colon and
+ space, followed by a printable expansion of the capability string
+ with sections matching recognized actions translated into
{}-bracketed descriptions.
Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special sequences recognized:
- Action Meaning
- -----------------------------------------
- RIS full reset
- SC save cursor
- RC restore cursor
- LL home-down
- RSR reset scroll region
- -----------------------------------------
- DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
- S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
- -----------------------------------------
-
- ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
- ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
- ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
- ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
- ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
- ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
- -----------------------------------------
- DECPAM application keypad mode
- DECPNM normal keypad mode
- DECANSI enter ANSI mode
- -----------------------------------------
- ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
- ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
- ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
- ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
- -----------------------------------------
- DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
- DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
- DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
- DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
- DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
- DEC[+-]OM origin mode
- DEC[+-]AWM wraparound mode
- DEC[+-]ARM auto-repeat mode
-
- It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO
- 6429/ECMA Set Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD,
- UNDERLINE, BLINK, and REVERSE. All but NORMAL may be prefixed
- with
-
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> "+" (turn on) or
-
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> "-" (turn off).
-
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to
- {SGR:NORMAL}).
+ Action Meaning
+ -----------------------------------------
+ RIS full reset
+ SC save cursor
+ RC restore cursor
+ LL home-down
+ RSR reset scroll region
+ -----------------------------------------
+ DECSTR soft reset (VT320)
+
+
+ S7C1T 7-bit controls (VT220)
+ -----------------------------------------
+ ISO DEC G0 enable DEC graphics for G0
+ ISO UK G0 enable UK chars for G0
+ ISO US G0 enable US chars for G0
+ ISO DEC G1 enable DEC graphics for G1
+ ISO UK G1 enable UK chars for G1
+ ISO US G1 enable US chars for G1
+ -----------------------------------------
+ DECPAM application keypad mode
+ DECPNM normal keypad mode
+ DECANSI enter ANSI mode
+ -----------------------------------------
+ ECMA[+-]AM keyboard action mode
+ ECMA[+-]IRM insert replace mode
+ ECMA[+-]SRM send receive mode
+ ECMA[+-]LNM linefeed mode
+ -----------------------------------------
+ DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
+ DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
+ DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
+ DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
+ DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
+ DEC[+-]OM origin mode
+ DEC[+-]AWM wraparound mode
+ DEC[+-]ARM auto-repeat mode
+
+ It also recognizes a SGR action corresponding to ANSI/ISO 6429/ECMA Set
+ Graphics Rendition, with the values NORMAL, BOLD, UNDERLINE, BLINK, and
+ REVERSE. All but NORMAL may be prefixed with
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> "+" (turn on) or
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> "-" (turn off).
+
+ An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to
+ {SGR:NORMAL}).
<STRONG>-l</STRONG> Set output format to terminfo.
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.4 (patch 20230610).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.4 (patch 20230923).
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