ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240504

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

diff --git a/man/infotocap.1m b/man/infotocap.1m
index f2c006cb8983146d6de0234f9a95c170889591f8..0f0335d44603135360b59b1a050559e4f1f894c2 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infotocap.1m
+++ b/man/infotocap.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1999-2010,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.35 2023/10/14 19:25:26 tom Exp $
-.TH @INFOTOCAP@ 1M 2023-10-14 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.41 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH @INFOTOCAP@ 1M 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@
 .el   .ds '' ""
 .\}
 .
-.ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
 \fB\%@INFOTOCAP@\fP \-
-convert a \fIterminfo\fR description into a \fItermcap\fR description
+convert a \fI\%terminfo\fR description into a \fI\%termcap\fR description
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B @INFOTOCAP@
 .RI [ tic-option ]
@@ -53,14 +52,15 @@ convert a \fIterminfo\fR description into a \fItermcap\fR description
 .P
 .B "@INFOTOCAP@ \-V"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fB\%@INFOTOCAP@\fP looks in each given text
-\fIfile\fP for \fIterminfo\fP descriptions.
+\fB\%@INFOTOCAP@\fP translates terminal descriptions.
+It looks in each given text \fIfile\fP for \fI\%terminfo\fP entries and,
 For each one found,
-it writes an analogous \fItermcap\fP description to the standard output
-stream.
-\fIterminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities are translated directly
-to \fItermcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities.
-Because \fItermcap\fP is a less expressive format than \fIterminfo\fP,
+it writes an analogous \fI\%termcap\fP description to the standard
+output stream.
+\fI\%terminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities translate to
+\fI\%termcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities.
+Because \fI\%termcap\fP is a less expressive format than
+\fI\%terminfo\fP,
 some capabilities cannot be translated.
 .PP
 This utility is implemented as a link to \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
@@ -74,17 +74,18 @@ You can use other \fB\%@TIC@\fP options such as
 .BR \-w ,
 and
 .BR \-x .
-The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fIncurses\fP associated
+The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fI\%ncurses\fP associated
 with this program and exits with a successful status.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 .I \*d
 compiled terminal description database
 .SH PORTABILITY
-None of X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009),
+None of X/Open Curses,
+Issue 7 (2009),
 SVr4,
 or NetBSD document this application.
-.SH AUTHOR
+.SH AUTHORS
 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
 and
 .br
@@ -93,4 +94,4 @@ Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible\-island.net>
 \fB\%@INFOCMP@\fP(1M),
 \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
-\fB\%terminfo\fP(\*n)
+\fB\%terminfo\fP(5)