ncurses 5.2

[ncurses.git] / man / infocmp.1m

diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m
index 11fa217243fec73261f8172e23d54daa964a02c6..1276cca5183780583daee35e904f432940c22b17 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infocmp.1m
+++ b/man/infocmp.1m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.21 1999/06/15 23:12:25 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.27 2000/08/19 18:51:05 tom Exp $
 .TH infocmp 1M ""
 .ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
 \fBinfocmp\fR - compare or print out \fIterminfo\fR descriptions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBinfocmp\fR [\fB-dceEGgnpILCuV1\fR] [\fB-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR]
+\fBinfocmp\fR [\fB-dceEGgnpqrILCuV1\fR] [\fB-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR]
 .br
       [\fB-w\fR\ \fIwidth\fR] [\fB-A\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\fB-B\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR]
 .br
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ were not needed.
 The location of the compiled \fBterminfo\fR database is taken from the
 environment variable \fBTERMINFO\fR .  If the variable is not defined, or the
 terminal is not found in that location, the system \fBterminfo\fR database,
-in \fB@DATADIR@/terminfo\fR, will be used.  The options \fB-A\fR
+in \fB@TERMINFO@\fR, will be used.  The options \fB-A\fR
 and \fB-B\fR may be used to override this location.  The \fB-A\fR option will
 set \fBTERMINFO\fR for the first \fItermname\fR and the \fB-B\fR option will
 set \fBTERMINFO\fR for the other \fItermnames\fR.  With this, it is possible to
@@ -213,16 +213,27 @@ 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.
+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 \fB-r\fR.
 .TP
 \fB-G\fR
 Display constant literals in decimal form
 rather than their character equivalents.
+.TP
+\fB-a\fR
+tells \fBinfocmp\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding
+them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period.
+.TP 5
+\fB-q\fR
+Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings, and using
+"-" for absent capabilities, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
 .TP 5
 \fB-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 Restrict output to a given subset.  This option is for use with archaic
-versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that don't support
-the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and outright broken ports like AIX
+versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support
+the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants such as AIX
 that have their own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI.  Available terminfo
 subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and "AIX"; see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for
 details.  You can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only capabilities
@@ -234,7 +245,7 @@ This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
 descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
 .TP 5
 \fB-V\fR
-prints out the version of the program in use on standard error and exits.
+reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
 .TP 5
 \fB-e\fR
 Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C initializer for a
@@ -336,11 +347,14 @@ The
 \fB-G\fR,
 \fB-R\fR,
 \fB-T\fR,
+\fB-V\fR,
+\fB-a\fR,
 \fB-e\fR,
 \fB-f\fR,
 \fB-g\fR,
-\fB-i\fR, and
-\fB-p\fR
+\fB-i\fR,
+\fB-p\fR, and
+\fB-q\fR
 options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
 
 The \fB-r\fR option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System V Release 4's.
@@ -355,7 +369,7 @@ The -F option of \fBinfocmp\fR(1M) should be a \fBtoe\fR(1M) mode.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
 and
-Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@clark.net>
+Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
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