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-term 5
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term(5) term(5)
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term - format of compiled term file.
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term
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Compiled terminfo descriptions are placed under the direc-
tory /usr/share/terminfo. Two configurations are sup-
ported (when building the ncurses libraries):
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existing directory, and hashed database otherwise.
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The format has been chosen so that it will be the same on
all hardware. An 8 or more bit byte is assumed, but no
assumptions about byte ordering or sign extension are
made.
The compiled file is created with the tic program, and
- read by the routine setupterm. The file is divided into
+ read by the routine setupterm. The file is divided into
six parts: the header, terminal names, boolean flags, num-
bers, strings, and string table.
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section. Each string is null terminated.
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The previous section describes the conventional terminfo
binary format. With some minor variations of the offsets
(see PORTABILITY), the same binary format is used in all
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bytes.
Using the counts and sizes, ncurses allocates arrays and
- reads data for the extended capabilties in the same order
+ reads data for the extended capabilities in the same order
as the header information.
The extended string table contains values for string capa-
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e.g., booleans, then numbers and finally strings.
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- Note that it is possible for setupterm to expect a differ-
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+ Note that it is possible for setupterm to expect a differ-
ent set of capabilities than are actually present in the
file. Either the database may have been updated since
- setupterm has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
+ setupterm has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
nized entries in the file) or the program may have been
recompiled more recently than the database was updated
- (resulting in missing entries). The routine setupterm
+ (resulting in missing entries). The routine setupterm
must be prepared for both possibilities - this is why the
numbers and sizes are included. Also, new capabilities
must always be added at the end of the lists of boolean,
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sion of terminfo source compatibility issues.
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As an example, here is a hex dump of the description for
the Lear-Siegler ADM-3, a popular though rather stupid
early terminal:
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Some limitations: total compiled entries cannot exceed
4096 bytes. The name field cannot exceed 128 bytes.
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/usr/share/terminfo/*/* compiled terminal capability data
base
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curses(3x), terminfo(5).
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Thomas E. Dickey
extended terminfo format for ncurses 5.0
hashed database support for ncurses 5.6