X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Finfocmp.1m.html;h=efa54b8a8a2b55aef0f5e24024faae4b56b4f059;hp=c87696ee2d1c68e3c3a724d5725ecf4ab666d8ab;hb=a90dd7b66fa711acd24d8181ea20e4f57d4b36cd;hpb=bfe3845eb1a2ff02a740e917b537e939ec4e44cb diff --git a/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html b/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html index c87696ee..efa54b8a 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html +++ b/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ @@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ infocmp 1m - + @@ -448,26 +449,57 @@ -w width changes the output to width characters. - -x print information for user-defined capabilities. These are exten- - sions to the terminfo repertoire which can be loaded using the -x - option of tic. + -x print information for user-defined capabilities (see user_caps(5). + These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which can be + loaded using the -x option of tic.

FILES

        /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.
 
 
+

HISTORY

+       Although System V Release 2 provided a terminfo library, it had no doc-
+       umented tool for decompiling the terminal  descriptions.   Tony  Hansen
+       (AT&T) wrote the first infocmp in early 1984, for System V Release 3.
+
+       Eric  Raymond used the AT&T documentation in 1995 to provide an equiva-
+       lent infocmp for ncurses.  In addition, he added  a  few  new  features
+       such as:
+
+       o   the  -e option, to support fallback (compiled-in) terminal descrip-
+           tions
+
+       o   the -i option, to help with analysis
+
+       Later, Thomas Dickey added the -x (user-defined  capabilities)  option,
+       and  the  -E option to support fallback entries with user-defined capa-
+       bilities.
+
+       For a complete list, see the EXTENSIONS section.
+
+       In 2010, Roy Marples provided an infocmp program  for  NetBSD.   It  is
+       less  capable  than  the  SVr4  or ncurses versions (e.g., it lacks the
+       sorting options documented in X/Open), but does include the  -x  option
+       adapted from ncurses.
+
+
+

PORTABILITY

+       X/Open  Curses,  Issue  7 (2009) provides a description of infocmp.  It
+       does not mention the options used for converting to termcap format.
+
+

EXTENSIONS

-       The  -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -Q, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i, -l, -p, -q
+       The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -Q, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i, -l, -p,  -q
        and -t options are not supported in SVr4 curses.
 
        SVr4 infocmp does not distinguish between absent and cancelled capabil-
        ities.  Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as -1 (the internal
-       value used to represent missing integers).  This  implementation  shows
+       value  used  to represent missing integers).  This implementation shows
        those as "NULL", for consistency with missing strings.
 
-       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
+       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 -RBSD.
 
 
@@ -476,12 +508,12 @@

SEE ALSO

-       captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),   tic(1m),  toe(1m),  curses(3x),  ter-
-       minfo(5).
+       captoinfo(1m),  infotocap(1m),  tic(1m),  toe(1m),   curses(3x),   ter-
+       minfo(5).  user_caps(5).
 
        https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20181229).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).

AUTHOR

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