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-<STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>
+<B><A HREF="toe.1M.html">toe(1M)</A></B> <B><A HREF="toe.1M.html">toe(1M)</A></B>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>toe</STRONG> - table of (terminfo) entries
+ <B>toe</B> - table of (terminfo) entries
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>toe</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]] [<STRONG>-ahsuUV</STRONG>] <EM>file...</EM>
+ <B>toe</B> [<B>-v</B>[<I>n</I>]] [<B>-ahsuUV</B>] <I>file...</I>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- With no options, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> lists all available terminal types by primary name
+ With no options, <B>toe</B> lists all available terminal types by primary name
with descriptions. File arguments specify the directories to be
- scanned; if no such arguments are given, your default terminfo direc-
- tory is scanned. If you also specify the <STRONG>-h</STRONG> option, a directory header
- will be issued as each directory is entered.
+ scanned; if no such arguments are given, your default terminfo
+ directory is scanned. If you also specify the <B>-h</B> option, a directory
+ header will be issued as each directory is entered.
There are other options intended for use by terminfo file maintainers:
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> report on all of the terminal databases which ncurses would
+ <B>-a</B> report on all of the terminal databases which ncurses would
search, rather than only the first one that it finds.
- If the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> is also given, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> adds a column to the report, show-
- ing (like <STRONG>conflict(1)</STRONG>) which entries which belong to a given
+ If the <B>-s</B> is also given, <B>toe</B> adds a column to the report,
+ showing (like <B>conflict(1)</B>) which entries which belong to a given
terminal database. An "*" marks entries which differ, and "+"
marks equivalent entries.
- Without the <STRONG>-s</STRONG> option, <STRONG>toe</STRONG> does not attempt to merge duplicates
+ Without the <B>-s</B> option, <B>toe</B> does not attempt to merge duplicates
in its report
- <STRONG>-s</STRONG> sort the output by the entry names.
+ <B>-s</B> sort the output by the entry names.
- <STRONG>-u</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
- says to write a report to the standard output, listing dependen-
- cies in the given terminfo/termcap source file. The report con-
- denses the "use" relation: each line consists of the primary
- name of a terminal that has use capabilities, followed by a
- colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names of all
- terminals which occur in those use capabilities, followed by a
- newline
+ <B>-u</B> <I>file</I>
+ says to write a report to the standard output, listing
+ dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap source file. The
+ report condenses the "use" relation: each line consists of the
+ primary name of a terminal that has use capabilities, followed
+ by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names
+ of all terminals which occur in those use capabilities, followed
+ by a newline
- <STRONG>-U</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
+ <B>-U</B> <I>file</I>
says to write a report to the standard output, listing reverse
dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap source file. The
report reverses the "use" relation: each line consists of the
- primary name of a terminal that occurs in use capabilities, fol-
- lowed by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary
- names of all terminals which depend on it, followed by a new-
- line.
+ primary name of a terminal that occurs in use capabilities,
+ followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated
+ primary names of all terminals which depend on it, followed by a
+ newline.
- <STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error,
- showing <STRONG>toe</STRONG>'s progress.
+ <B>-v</B><I>n</I> specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error,
+ showing <B>toe</B>'s progress.
- The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted
- as for <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>. If ncurses is built without tracing support,
+ The optional parameter <I>n</I> is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted
+ as for <B><A HREF="tic.1M.html">tic(1M)</A></B>. If ncurses is built without tracing support,
the optional parameter is ignored.
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program,
+ <B>-V</B> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program,
and exits.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></H2><PRE>
+ Without sorting, the <B>-a</B> option reports all of the names found in all of
+ the terminal databases found by the <B>TERMINFO</B> and <B>TERMINFO_DIRS</B>
+ environment variables:
+
+ MtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ MtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ MtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ qvt101+ qume qvt 101 PLUS product
+ qvt119+-25 QVT 119 PLUS with 25 data lines
+ qansi-g QNX ANSI
+ qvt103 qume qvt 103
+ qnxw QNX4 windows
+ qansi-w QNX ansi for windows
+ qnxm QNX4 with mouse events
+ qvt203-25-w QVT 203 PLUS with 25 by 132 columns
+ qansi-t QNX ansi without console writes
+ . . .
+
+ Use the <B>-a</B> and <B>-s</B> options together to show where each terminal
+ description was found:
+
+ --> /usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo
+ ----> /usr/share/terminfo
+ *-+-: 9term Plan9 terminal emulator for X
+ *---: Eterm Eterm with xterm-style color support (X Window System)
+ *-*-: Eterm-256color Eterm with xterm 256-colors
+ *-*-: Eterm-88color Eterm with 88 colors
+ *-+-: MtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ *-+-: MtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ *-+-: MtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display
+ *-*-: NCR260VT300WPP NCR 2900_260 vt300 wide mode pc+ kybd
+ *-+-: aaa ann arbor ambassador/30 lines
+ *-+-: aaa+dec ann arbor ambassador in dec vt100 mode
+ *-+-: aaa+rv ann arbor ambassador in reverse video
+ . . .
+
+
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo/?/*</STRONG>
+ <B>/usr/share/terminfo/?/*</B>
Compiled terminal description database.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
+ This utility is not provided by other implementations. There is no
+ relevant X/Open or POSIX standard for <B>toe</B>.
+
+ The program name refers to a developer's pun:
+
+ <B>o</B> <B>tic</B>,
+
+ <B>o</B> <B>tac</B> (now <B>tack</B>),
+
+ <B>o</B> <B>toe</B>.
+
+ It replaced a <B>-T</B> option which was briefly supported by the ncurses
+ <B>infocmp</B> utility in 1995.
+
+ The <B>-a</B> and <B>-s</B> options were added to <B>toe</B> several years later (2006 and
+ 2011, respectively).
+
+
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</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="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
- <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <B><A HREF="captoinfo.1M.html">captoinfo(1M)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="infocmp.1M.html">infocmp(1M)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="infotocap.1M.html">infotocap(1M)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="tic.1M.html">tic(1M)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>,
+ <B><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></B>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190121).
+ This describes <B>ncurses</B> version 6.2 (patch 20210612).
- <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>
+ <B><A HREF="toe.1M.html">toe(1M)</A></B>
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