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-<H1 class="no-header">infotocap 1m 2023-10-07 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">infotocap 1m 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.4 User commands</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> looks in each given text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions. For
- each one found, it writes an analogous <EM>termcap</EM> description to the
- standard output stream. <EM>terminfo</EM> "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities are translated
- directly to <EM>termcap</EM> <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities. Because <EM>termcap</EM> is a less
- expressive format than <EM>terminfo</EM>, some capabilities cannot be
- translated.
+ <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given
+ text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>terminfo</EM> entries and, For each one found, it writes an
+ analogous <EM>termcap</EM> description to the standard output stream. <EM>terminfo</EM>
+ "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities translate to <EM>termcap</EM> <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities. Because
+ <EM>termcap</EM> is a less expressive format than <EM>terminfo</EM>, some capabilities
+ cannot be translated.
This utility is implemented as a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, with the latter's <STRONG>-C</STRONG>
option implied. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
application.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
-ncurses 6.4 2023-10-07 <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>
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