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<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities. These are exten-
- sions to the terminfo repertoire which can be loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
- option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>.
+ 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>
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
+ Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library, it had no doc-
+ umented tool for decompiling the terminal descriptions. Tony Hansen
+ (AT&T) wrote the first <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> in early 1984, for System V Release 3.
+
+ Eric Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an equiva-
+ lent <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> for ncurses. In addition, he added a few new features
+ such as:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-e</STRONG> option, to support <EM>fallback</EM> (compiled-in) terminal descrip-
+ tions
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG>-i</STRONG> option, to help with analysis
+
+ Later, Thomas Dickey added the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> (user-defined capabilities) option,
+ and the <STRONG>-E</STRONG> option to support fallback entries with user-defined capa-
+ bilities.
+
+ For a complete list, see the <EM>EXTENSIONS</EM> section.
+
+ In 2010, Roy Marples provided an <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> program for NetBSD. It is
+ less capable than the SVr4 or ncurses versions (e.g., it lacks the
+ sorting options documented in X/Open), but does include the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option
+ adapted from ncurses.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a description of <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>. It
+ does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
+
+
</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>-Q</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>
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-Q</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.
SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and cancelled capabil-
ities. Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as <STRONG>-1</STRONG> (the internal
- value used to represent missing integers). This implementation shows
+ value used to represent missing integers). This implementation shows
those as "NULL", for consistency with missing strings.
- 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
+ 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> <STRONG>-RBSD</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>ter-</STRONG>
- <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <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>ter-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190112).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20200425).
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<li><a href="#h2-FILES">FILES</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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