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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@@ -46,21 +46,18 @@
-
-
+
infocmp - compare or print out terminfo descriptions
-
-
+
infocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux]
- [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-R subset]
+ [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-Q n] [-R subset]
[-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory]
[termname...]
-
-
+
infocmp can be used to compare a binary terminfo entry
with other terminfo entries, rewrite a terminfo descrip-
tion to take advantage of the use= terminfo field, or
@@ -70,15 +67,13 @@
fields, followed by the string fields.
-
-
+
If no options are specified and zero or one termnames are
specified, the -I option will be assumed. If more than
one termname is specified, the -d option will be assumed.
-
-
+
infocmp compares the terminfo description of the first
terminal termname with each of the descriptions given by
the entries for the other terminal's termnames. If a
@@ -104,8 +99,7 @@
anything was left out of a description.
-
-
+
The -I, -L, and -C options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
@@ -175,8 +169,7 @@
%p2 is printed before %p1 %r hp
-
-
+
The -u option produces a terminfo source description of
the first terminal termname which is relative to the sum
of the descriptions given by the entries for the other
@@ -245,8 +238,7 @@
ated by different people.
-
-
+
-0 causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
wrapping.
@@ -305,24 +297,29 @@
rather than their decimal equivalents.
-i Analyze the initialization (is1, is2, is3), and reset
- (rs1, rs2, rs3), strings in the entry. For each
- string, the code tries to analyze it into actions in
- terms of the other capabilities in the entry, certain
- X3.64/ISO 6429/ECMA-48 capabilities, and certain DEC
- VT-series private modes (the set of recognized spe-
- cial sequences has been selected for completeness
- over the existing terminfo database). Each report
- line consists of the capability name, followed by a
- colon and space, followed by a printable expansion of
- the capability string with sections matching recog-
- nized actions translated into {}-bracketed descrip-
- tions. Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special
- sequences recognized: i.
+ (rs1, rs2, rs3), strings in the entry, as well as
+ those used for starting/stopping cursor-positioning
+ mode (smcup, rmcup) as well as starting/stopping
+ keymap mode (smkx, rmkx).
+
+ For each string, the code tries to analyze it into
+ actions in terms of the other capabilities in the
+ entry, certain X3.64/ISO 6429/ECMA-48 capabilities,
+ and certain DEC VT-series private modes (the set of
+ recognized special sequences has been selected for
+ completeness over the existing terminfo database).
+ Each report line consists of the capability name,
+ followed by a colon and space, followed by a print-
+ able expansion of the capability string with sections
+ matching recognized actions translated into {}-brack-
+ eted descriptions.
+
+ Here is a list of the DEC/ANSI special sequences rec-
+ ognized:
Action Meaning
-----------------------------------------
RIS full reset
-
SC save cursor
RC restore cursor
LL home-down
@@ -369,27 +366,44 @@
-p Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
- -q Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting sub-
- headings, and using "-" for absent capabilities, "@"
- for canceled rather than "NULL".
+ -Q n Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+ print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or
+ base64 form, depending on the option's value:
+
+ 1 hexadecimal
+
+ 2 base64
+
+ 3 hexadecimal and base64
+
+ -q This makes the output a little shorter:
+
+ o Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting
+ subheadings, and using "-" for absent capabili-
+ ties, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+
+ o Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source
+ listings.
-Rsubset
- 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
+ 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 that have their own extensions incompati-
- ble with SVr4/XSI. Available terminfo subsets are
- "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", and "AIX"; see terminfo(5)
- for details. You can also choose the subset "BSD"
- which selects only capabilities with termcap equiva-
- lents recognized by 4.4BSD.
+ ble with SVr4/XSI.
+
+ Available terminfo subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix",
+ "HP", and "AIX"; see terminfo(5) for details. You
+ can also choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
+ capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by
+ 4.4BSD.
-s [d|i|l|c]
- The -s option sorts the fields within each type
+ The -s option sorts the fields within each type
according to the argument below:
- d leave fields in the order that they are stored
+ d leave fields in the order that they are stored
in the terminfo database.
i sort by terminfo name.
@@ -399,77 +413,72 @@
c sort by the termcap name.
If the -s option is not given, the fields printed out
- will be sorted alphabetically by the terminfo name
+ will be sorted alphabetically by the terminfo name
within each type, except in the case of the -C or the
-L options, which cause the sorting to be done by the
- termcap name or the long C variable name, respec-
+ termcap name or the long C variable name, respec-
tively.
- -T eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
+ -T 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).
-t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities.
- Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
+ Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
- -U tells infocmp to not post-process the data after
- parsing the source file. This feature helps when
- comparing the actual contents of two source files,
- since it excludes the inferences that infocmp makes
+ -U tells infocmp to not post-process the data after
+ parsing the source file. This feature helps when
+ comparing the actual contents of two source files,
+ since it excludes the inferences that infocmp makes
to fill in missing data.
-V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
program, and exits.
- -v n prints out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
+ -v n prints out tracing information on standard error as
+ the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
-w width
changes the output to width characters.
- -x print information for user-defined capabilities.
+ -x print information for user-defined capabilities.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
can be loaded using the -x option of tic.
-
-
+
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-
-
- The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i,
- -l, -p, -q and -t options are not supported in SVr4
+
+ The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i,
+ -l, -p, -q and -t options are not supported in SVr4
curses.
The -r 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
+ V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
+ more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use -r
-RBSD.
-
-
+
The -F option of infocmp(1m) should be a toe(1m) mode.
-
-
- captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), tic(1m), toe(1m),
+
+ captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), tic(1m), toe(1m),
curses(3x), terminfo(5).
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20150516).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
-
-
+
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>