X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcaptoinfo.1m;h=8c5d77b860c1865870ffa2badce7949635b4350d;hp=95c70f3ace99ee5dd9818c5109151e8a8343d000;hb=97cb42f22c43eb31a4bf11475bd73ab0e0b10923;hpb=71c0306f0824ef2b10c4c5813fb003db48f3012e diff --git a/man/captoinfo.1m b/man/captoinfo.1m index 95c70f3a..8c5d77b8 100644 --- a/man/captoinfo.1m +++ b/man/captoinfo.1m @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -27,24 +27,29 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.23 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.27 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $ .TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M "" .ds n 5 .ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR \- convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB\-v\fR\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR . . . +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR [\fB\-v\fR\fIn\fR \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-w\fR \fIwidth\fR] \fIfile\fR ... .SH DESCRIPTION -\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR looks in \fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. For each +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR looks in each given text +\fIfile\fR for \fBtermcap\fR descriptions. +For each one found, an equivalent \fBterminfo\fR description is written to standard -output. Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo +output. +Termcap \fBtc\fR capabilities are translated directly to terminfo \fBuse\fR capabilities. .PP If no \fIfile\fR is given, then the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is used -for the filename or entry. If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only +for the filename or entry. +If \fBTERMCAP\fR is a full pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is specified in the environment variable \fBTERM\fR is -extracted from that file. If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not +extracted from that file. +If the environment variable \fBTERMCAP\fR is not set, then the file \fB\*d\fR is read. .TP 5 \fB\-v\fR @@ -54,7 +59,8 @@ print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit. .TP 5 \fB\-1\fR -cause the fields to print out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields +cause the fields to print out one to a line. +Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters. .TP 5 @@ -112,7 +118,8 @@ HS mh Iris enter_dim_mode .PP XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities for forms drawing, designed to take advantage of the IBM PC -high-half graphics. They were as follows: +high-half graphics. +They were as follows: .PP .TS H c c @@ -145,11 +152,13 @@ GG acs magic cookie count .TE .PP If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically -be composed into an \fIacsc\fR string. The double-line capabilities and +be composed into an \fBacsc\fR string. +The double-line capabilities and \fBGG\fR are discarded with a warning message. .PP IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible -with the SVr4 format. The following AIX extensions are automatically +with the SVr4 format. +The following AIX extensions are automatically translated: .TS c c @@ -165,16 +174,17 @@ font3 s3ds .TE .PP Additionally, the AIX \fIbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to -an \fIacsc\fR string. +an \fBacsc\fR string. .PP Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo -capabilities \fImeml\fR (memory lock) and \fImemu\fR (memory unlock). +capabilities \fBmeml\fR (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fR (memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning message. .SH NOTES This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR(1M), running in \fI\-I\fR mode. You can use other \fB@TIC@\fR options such as \fB\-f\fR and \fB\-x\fR. .PP -The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of following +The trace option is not identical to SVr4's. +Under SVr4, instead of following the \fB\-v\fR with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. .SH SEE ALSO \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), @@ -185,9 +195,6 @@ This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). .SH AUTHOR Eric S. Raymond -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +and +.br +Thomas E. Dickey