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-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.30 2002/10/05 21:22:21 tom Exp $
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.TH infocmp 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
\fBinfocmp\fR - compare or print out \fIterminfo\fR descriptions
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBinfocmp\fR [\fB-\
+\fBinfocmp\fR [\fB\-\
1\
C\
E\
u\
\fR]
.br
- [\fB-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
+ [\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB\-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
.br
- [\fB-w\fR\ \fIwidth\fR] [\fB-A\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\fB-B\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR]
+ [\fB\-w\fR\ \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-A\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\fB\-B\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR]
.br
[\fItermname\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
string fields.
.SS Default Options
If no options are specified and zero or one \fItermnames\fR are specified, the
-\fB-I\fR option will be assumed. If more than one \fItermname\fR is specified,
-the \fB-d\fR option will be assumed.
-.SS Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]
+\fB\-I\fR option will be assumed. If more than one \fItermname\fR is specified,
+the \fB\-d\fR option will be assumed.
+.SS Comparison Options [\-d] [\-c] [\-n]
\fBinfocmp\fR compares the \fBterminfo\fR description of the first terminal
\fItermname\fR with each of the descriptions given by the entries for the other
terminal's \fItermnames\fR. If a capability is defined for only one of the
\fBF\fR for boolean variables, \fB-1\fR for integer variables, and \fBNULL\fR
for string variables.
-The \fB-d\fR option produces a list of each capability that is different
+The \fB\-d\fR option produces a list of each capability that is different
between two entries. This option is useful to show the difference between two
entries, created by different people, for the same or similar terminals.
-The \fB-c\fR option produces a list of each capability that is common between
+The \fB\-c\fR option produces a list of each capability that is common between
two entries. Capabilities that are not set are ignored. This option can be
-used as a quick check to see if the \fB-u\fR option is worth using.
+used as a quick check to see if the \fB\-u\fR option is worth using.
-The \fB-n\fR option produces a list of each capability that is in neither
+The \fB\-n\fR option produces a list of each capability that is in neither
entry. If no \fItermnames\fR are given, the environment variable \fBTERM\fR
will be used for both of the \fItermnames\fR. This can be used as a quick
check to see if anything was left out of a description.
-.SS Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]
-The \fB-I\fR, \fB-L\fR, and \fB-C\fR options will produce a source listing for
+.SS Source Listing Options [\-I] [\-L] [\-C] [\-r]
+The \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-L\fR, and \fB\-C\fR options will produce a source listing for
each terminal named.
.TS
center tab(/) ;
l l .
-\fB-I\fR/use the \fBterminfo\fR names
-\fB-L\fR/use the long C variable name listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
-\fB-C\fR/use the \fBtermcap\fR names
-\fB-r\fR/when using \fB-C\fR, put out all capabilities in \fBtermcap\fR form
+\fB\-I\fR/use the \fBterminfo\fR names
+\fB\-L\fR/use the long C variable name listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
+\fB\-C\fR/use the \fBtermcap\fR names
+\fB\-r\fR/when using \fB\-C\fR, put out all capabilities in \fBtermcap\fR form
.TE
If no \fItermnames\fR are given, the environment variable \fBTERM\fR will be
used for the terminal name.
-The source produced by the \fB-C\fR option may be used directly as a
+The source produced by the \fB\-C\fR option may be used directly as a
\fBtermcap\fR entry, but not all parameterized strings can be changed to
the \fBtermcap\fR format. \fBinfocmp\fR will attempt to convert most of the
parameterized information, and anything not converted will be plainly marked in
All \fBtermcap\fR variables no longer supported by \fBterminfo\fR, but which
are derivable from other \fBterminfo\fR variables, will be output. Not all
\fBterminfo\fR capabilities will be translated; only those variables which were
-part of \fBtermcap\fR will normally be output. Specifying the \fB-r\fR option
+part of \fBtermcap\fR will normally be output. Specifying the \fB\-r\fR option
will take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output in
\fItermcap\fR form.
\fB%p1%?%'x'%>%t%p1%'y'%+%;/%>xy\fR/concept
\fB%p2\fR is printed before \fB%p1/%r\fR/hp
.TE
-.SS Use= Option [-u]
-The \fB-u\fR option produces a \fBterminfo\fR source description of the first
+.SS Use= Option [\-u]
+The \fB\-u\fR option produces a \fBterminfo\fR source description of the first
terminal \fItermname\fR which is relative to the sum of the descriptions given
by the entries for the other terminals \fItermnames\fR. It does this by
analyzing the differences between the first \fItermname\fR and the other
the compilation time, is specifying extra \fBuse=\fR fields that are
superfluous. \fBinfocmp\fR will flag any other \fItermname use=\fR fields that
were not needed.
-.SS Changing Databases [-A \fIdirectory\fR] [-B \fIdirectory\fR]
+.SS Changing Databases [\-A \fIdirectory\fR] [\-B \fIdirectory\fR]
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@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
+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
compare descriptions for a terminal with the same name located in two different
databases. This is useful for comparing descriptions for the same terminal
created by different people.
.SS Other Options
.TP 5
-\fB-1\fR
+\fB\-1\fR
causes the fields to be printed out one to a line. Otherwise,
the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width
of 60 characters.
.TP
-\fB-a\fR
+\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-E\fR
+\fB\-E\fR
Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in
the C initializer for a
TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the \fB<term.h>\fR).
The tables are all declared static, and are named according to the type
and the name of the corresponding terminal entry.
.sp
-Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the \fB\-e\fP and \fB\-E\fP
+Before ncurses 5.0, the split between the \fB\-e\fP and \fB\-E\fP
options was not needed; but support for extended names required making
the arrays of terminal capabilities separate from the TERMTYPE structure.
.TP 5
-\fB-e\fR
+\fB\-e\fR
Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as a C initializer for a
TERMTYPE structure (the terminal capability structure in the \fB<term.h>\fR).
This option is useful for preparing versions of the curses library hardwired
for a given terminal type.
.TP 5
-\fB-F\fR
+\fB\-F\fR
compare terminfo files. This assumes that two following arguments are
filenames. The files are searched for pairwise matches between
entries, with two entries considered to match if any of their names do.
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.
+by also specifying \fB\-r\fR.
.TP 5
-\fB-f\fR
+\fB\-f\fR
Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
indented for readability.
.TP 5
-\fB-G\fR
+\fB\-G\fR
Display constant literals in decimal form
rather than their character equivalents.
.TP 5
-\fB-g\fR
+\fB\-g\fR
Display constant character literals in quoted form
rather than their decimal equivalents.
.TP 5
-\fB-i\fR
+\fB\-i\fR
Analyze the initialization (\fBis1\fR, \fBis2\fR, \fBis3\fR), and reset
(\fBrs1\fR, \fBrs2\fR, \fBrs3\fR), strings in the entry. For each string, the
code tries to analyze it into actions in terms of the other capabilities in the
An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent to {SGR:NORMAL}).
.TP 5
-\bB-l\fR
+\fB\-l\fR
Set output format to terminfo.
.TP 5
-\fB-p\fR
+\fB\-p\fR
Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
.TP 5
-\fB-q\fR
+\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
+\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 do not support
the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and variants such as AIX
details. You can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only capabilities
with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD.
.TP
-\fB-s \fR\fI[d|i|l|c]\fR
-The \fB-s\fR option sorts the fields within each type according to the argument
+\fB\-s \fR\fI[d|i|l|c]\fR
+The \fB\-s\fR option sorts the fields within each type according to the argument
below:
.br
.RS 5
sort by the \fItermcap\fR name.
.RE
.IP
-If the \fB-s\fR option is not given, the fields printed out will be
+If the \fB\-s\fR option is not given, the fields printed out will be
sorted alphabetically by the \fBterminfo\fR name within each type,
-except in the case of the \fB-C\fR or the \fB-L\fR options, which cause the
+except in the case of the \fB\-C\fR or the \fB\-L\fR options, which cause the
sorting to be done by the \fBtermcap\fR name or the long C variable
name, respectively.
.TP 5
-\fB-T\fR
+\fB\-T\fR
eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
.TP
-\fB-t\fR
+\fB\-t\fR
tells \fBtic\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
.TP 5
-\fB-V\fR
+\fB\-V\fR
reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
.TP 5
-\fB-v\fR \fIn\fR
+\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR
prints out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.
Higher values of n induce greater verbosity.
.TP 5
-\fB-w\fR \fIwidth\fR
+\fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR
changes the output to \fIwidth\fR characters.
.SH FILES
.TP 20
Compiled terminal description database.
.SH EXTENSIONS
The
-\fB-E\fR,
-\fB-F\fR,
-\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,
-\fB-l\fR,
-\fB-p\fR,
-\fB-q\fR and
-\fB-t\fR
+\fB\-E\fR,
+\fB\-F\fR,
+\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,
+\fB\-l\fR,
+\fB\-p\fR,
+\fB\-q\fR and
+\fB\-t\fR
options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
-The \fB-r\fR option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System V Release 4's.
+The \fB\-r\fR 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 -r -RBSD.
+4.4BSD set, use \fB\-r\fR \fB\-RBSD\fR.
.SH BUGS
-The -F option of \fBinfocmp\fR(1M) should be a \fBtoe\fR(1M) mode.
+The \fB\-F\fR option of \fBinfocmp\fR(1M) should be a \fBtoe\fR(1M) mode.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBinfocmp\fR(1M), \fBcaptoinfo\fR(1M), \fBinfotocap\fR(1M),
\fBtic\fR(1M), \fBtoe\fR(1M),
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
and
.br
-Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@herndon4.his.com>
+Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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