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 +66,14 @@
fields will be printed first, followed by the numeric
fields, followed by the string fields.
- DefaultOptions
+
+
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.
- ComparisonOptions[-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 +98,8 @@
termnames. This can be used as a quick check to see if
anything was left out of a description.
- SourceListingOptions[-I][-L][-C][-r]
+
+
The -I, -L, and -C options will produce a source listing
for each terminal named.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
For best results when converting to termcap format, you
should use both -C and -r. Normally a termcap description
- is limited to 1023 bytes. infocmp trims away less essen-
+ is limited to 1023 bytes. infocmp trims away less essen-
tial parts to make it fit. If you are converting to one
of the (rare) termcap implementations which accept an
unlimited size of termcap, you may want to add the -T
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
%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
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@
needed.
ChangingDatabases[-Adirectory] [-B directory]
- Like other ncurses utilities, infocmp looks for the termi-
+ Like other ncurses utilities, infocmp looks for the termi-
nal descriptions in several places. You can use the TER-MINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS environment variables to override
the compiled-in default list of places to search (see
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@
ture for comparing descriptions for the same terminal cre-
ated by different people.
- OtherOptions
+
+
-0 causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
wrapping.
@@ -295,24 +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
@@ -359,27 +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".
+ -Qn 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.
@@ -389,34 +413,37 @@
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.
- -vn prints out tracing information on standard error as
- the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
+ -vn prints out tracing information on standard error as
+ the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
+ -W By itself, the -w option will not force long strings
+ to be wrapped. Use the -W option to do this.
+
-wwidth
changes the output to width characters.
@@ -425,14 +452,12 @@
can be loaded using the -x option of tic.
-