+
infocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux]
[-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-R subset]
[-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory]
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
-DESCRIPTION
+
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
@@ -69,12 +69,16 @@
fields will be printed first, followed by the numeric
fields, followed by the string fields.
- Default Options
+
+
+
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.
- Comparison Options [-d] [-c] [-n]
+
+
+
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
@@ -99,7 +103,9 @@
termnames. This can be used as a quick check to see if
anything was left out of a description.
- Source Listing Options [-I] [-L] [-C] [-r]
+
+
+
The -I, -L, and -C options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
@@ -168,7 +174,9 @@
%p1%?%'x'%>%t%p1%'y'%+%; %>xy concept
%p2 is printed before %p1 %r hp
- Use= Option [-u]
+
+
+
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
@@ -236,7 +244,9 @@
ture for comparing descriptions for the same terminal cre-
ated by different people.
- Other Options
+
+
+
-0 causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
wrapping.
@@ -295,24 +305,29 @@
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
@@ -369,11 +384,13 @@
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
@@ -426,13 +443,13 @@
-FILES
+
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-EXTENSIONS
+
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.
@@ -444,22 +461,22 @@
-BUGS
+
The -F option of infocmp(1m) should be a toe(1m) mode.
-SEE ALSO
+
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 20141220).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150725).
-AUTHOR
+
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
@@ -467,7 +484,25 @@
infocmp(1m)
-
-Man(1) output converted with man2html
+