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-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> - compare or print out <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
[<EM>termname</EM>...]
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> can be used to compare a binary <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry
with other terminfo entries, rewrite a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> descrip-
tion to take advantage of the <STRONG>use=</STRONG> terminfo field, or
fields, followed by the string fields.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Default-Options">Default Options</a></H3><PRE>
If no options are specified and zero or one <EM>termnames</EM> are
specified, the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option will be assumed. If more than
one <EM>termname</EM> is specified, the <STRONG>-d</STRONG> option will be assumed.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Comparison-Options-_-d_-_-c_-_-n_">Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> compares the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> description of the first
terminal <EM>termname</EM> with each of the descriptions given by
the entries for the other terminal's <EM>termnames</EM>. If a
anything was left out of a description.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Source-Listing-Options-_-I_-_-L_-_-C_-_-r_">Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-C</STRONG> options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
For best results when converting to <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format, you
should use both <STRONG>-C</STRONG> and <STRONG>-r</STRONG>. Normally a termcap description
- is limited to 1023 bytes. infocmp trims away less essen-
+ is limited to 1023 bytes. <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> trims away less essen-
tial parts to make it fit. If you are converting to one
of the (rare) termcap implementations which accept an
unlimited size of termcap, you may want to add the <STRONG>-T</STRONG>
<STRONG>%p2</STRONG> is printed before <STRONG>%p1</STRONG> <STRONG>%r</STRONG> hp
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Use_-Option-_-u_">Use= Option [-u]</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>-u</STRONG> option produces a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> source description of
the first terminal <EM>termname</EM> which is relative to the sum
of the descriptions given by the entries for the other
needed.
<STRONG>Changing</STRONG> <STRONG>Databases</STRONG> <STRONG>[-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [-B <EM>directory</EM>]
- Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, infocmp looks for the termi-
+ Like other <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> utilities, <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> looks for the termi-
nal descriptions in several places. You can use the <STRONG>TER-</STRONG>
<STRONG>MINFO</STRONG> and <STRONG>TERMINFO_DIRS</STRONG> environment variables to override
the compiled-in default list of places to search (see
ated by different people.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Other-Options">Other Options</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>-0</STRONG> causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
wrapping.
the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
+ <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings
+ to be wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
+
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
can be loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
curses.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
- V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
- more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
+ V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
+ more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
<STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>-F</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> should be a <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG> mode.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161203).
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff