- infocmp [-1CEFGILTUVcdegilnpqrtux]
+
+ infocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux]
[-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-R subset]
[-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory]
[termname...]
-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 +70,16 @@
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
@@ -89,17 +94,19 @@
ferent people, for the same or similar terminals.
The -c 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 -u option is worth using.
+ common between two or more entries. Capabilities that are
+ not set are ignored. This option can be used as a quick
+ check to see if the -u option is worth using.
The -n option produces a list of each capability that is
- in neither entry. If no termnames are given, the environ-
- ment variable TERM will be used for both of the termnames.
- This can be used as a quick check to see if anything was
- left out of a description.
+ in none of the given entries. If no termnames are given,
+ the environment variable TERM will be used for both of the
+ 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.
@@ -107,6 +114,7 @@
-L use the long C variable name listed in <term.h>
-C use the termcap names
-r when using -C, put out all capabilities in termcap form
+ -K modifies the -C option, improving BSD-compatibility.
If no termnames are given, the environment variable TERM
will be used for the terminal name.
@@ -118,6 +126,16 @@
thing not converted will be plainly marked in the output
and commented out. These should be edited by hand.
+ 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-
+ 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
+ option. More often however, you must help the termcap
+ implementation, and trim excess whitespace (use the -0
+ option for that).
+
All padding information for strings will be collected
together and placed at the beginning of the string where
termcap expects it. Mandatory padding (padding informa-
@@ -129,7 +147,11 @@
only those variables which were part of termcap will nor-
mally be output. Specifying the -r option will take off
this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output
- in termcap form.
+ in termcap form. Normally you would use both the -C and
+ -r options. The actual format used incorporates some
+ improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
+ For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, use the -K
+ option rather than -C.
Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of
the capability, not all capabilities are output. Manda-
@@ -153,7 +175,9 @@
%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
@@ -200,28 +224,44 @@
needed.
Changing Databases [-A directory] [-B directory]
- The location of the compiled terminfo database is taken
- from the environment variable TERMINFO . If the variable
- is not defined, or the terminal is not found in that loca-
- tion, the system terminfo database, in /usr/share/ter-
- minfo, will be used. The options -A and -B may be used to
- override this location. The -A option will set TERMINFO
- for the first termname and the -B option will set TERMINFO
- for the other termnames. 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.
-
- Other Options
- -1 causes the fields to be printed out one to a line.
- Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a
+ 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
+ curses(3x) for details).
+
+ You can also use the options -A and -B to override the
+ list of places to search when comparing terminal descrip-
+ tions:
+
+ o The -A option sets the location for the first termname
+
+ o The -B option sets the location for the other
+ termnames.
+
+ Using these options, it is possible to compare descrip-
+ tions for a terminal with the same name located in two
+ different databases. For instance, you can use this fea-
+ ture for comparing descriptions for the same terminal cre-
+ ated by different people.
+
+
+
+
+ -0 causes the fields to be printed on one line, without
+ wrapping.
+
+ -1 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.
- -a tells infocmp to retain commented-out capabilities
- rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
+ -a tells infocmp to retain commented-out capabilities
+ rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
mented by prefixing them with a period.
+ -D tells infocmp to print the database locations that it
+ knows about, and exit.
+
-E Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as
tables, needed in the C initializer for a TERMTYPE
structure (the terminal capability structure in the
@@ -283,6 +323,7 @@
Action Meaning
-----------------------------------------
RIS full reset
+
SC save cursor
RC restore cursor
LL home-down
@@ -310,7 +351,6 @@
DEC[+-]CKM application cursor keys
DEC[+-]ANM set VT52 mode
DEC[+-]COLM 132-column mode
-
DEC[+-]SCLM smooth scroll
DEC[+-]SCNM reverse video mode
DEC[+-]OM origin mode
@@ -323,8 +363,8 @@
All but NORMAL may be prefixed with `+' (turn on) or
`-' (turn off).
- An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence (equivalent
- to {SGR:NORMAL}).
+ An SGR0 designates an empty highlight sequence
+ (equivalent to {SGR:NORMAL}).
-l Set output format to terminfo.
@@ -397,37 +437,40 @@
-FILES
+
/usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description data-
base.
-EXTENSIONS
- The -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i, -l, -p, -q
- and -t options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
+
+ 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.
-BUGS
+
The -F option of infocmp(1m) should be a toe(1m) mode.
-SEE ALSO
- captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), tic(1m), toe(1m),
+
+ captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), tic(1m), toe(1m),
curses(3x), terminfo(5).
- This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20100731).
+ http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+
+ This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20150215).
-AUTHOR
+
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
@@ -435,10 +478,25 @@
infocmp(1m)
-
-
-Man(1) output converted with
-man2html
-
+