X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcaptoinfo.1m;h=8c5d77b860c1865870ffa2badce7949635b4350d;hp=ee031f73ac1a7ed9d8151b84bff0cb9599c01b51;hb=6b4f5830b7910188b532d661f79775306715f67e;hpb=3a9b6a3bf0269231bef7de74757a910dedd04e0c diff --git a/man/captoinfo.1m b/man/captoinfo.1m index ee031f73..8c5d77b8 100644 --- a/man/captoinfo.1m +++ b/man/captoinfo.1m @@ -1,35 +1,70 @@ '\" t -.TH captoinfo 1M "" +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" 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 * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.27 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $ +.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M "" .ds n 5 -.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo +.ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME -\fBcaptoinfo\fR - convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description +\fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR \- convert a \fItermcap\fR description into a \fIterminfo\fR description .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBcaptoinfo\fR [\fB-v\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 -\fBcaptoinfo\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 +\fB\-v\fR print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs. .TP 5 -\fB-V\fR +\fB\-V\fR 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 +\fB\-1\fR +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 -\fB-w\fR +\fB\-w\fR change the output to \fIwidth\fR characters. .SH FILES .TP 20 @@ -38,7 +73,7 @@ Compiled terminal description database. .SH TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES .PP Some obsolete nonstandard capabilities will automatically be translated -into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by \fBcaptoinfo\fR. +into standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) terminfo capabilities by \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR. Whenever one of these automatic translations is done, the program will issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it has not mistakenly translated a completely unknown and random @@ -55,7 +90,7 @@ BO mr AT&T enter_reverse_mode CI vi AT&T cursor_invisible CV ve AT&T cursor_normal DS mh AT&T enter_dim_mode -EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode +EE me AT&T exit_attribute_mode FE LF AT&T label_on FL LO AT&T label_off XS mk AT&T enter_secure_mode @@ -83,7 +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 @@ -116,13 +152,14 @@ GG acs magic cookie count .TE .PP If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically -be composed into an \fBacsc\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: -.PP .TS c c l l. @@ -136,24 +173,28 @@ font2 s2ds font3 s3ds .TE .PP -Additionally, the AIX \fBbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to +Additionally, the AIX \fIbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to an \fBacsc\fR string. .PP -Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo +Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo 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 \fItic\fR(1M), running in \fI-I\fR mode. - -The trace option isn't identical to SVr4's. Under SVr4, instead of following -the -v with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. +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 \fB\-v\fR with a trace level n, you repeat it n times. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBinfocmp\fR(1M), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) +\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBterminfo\fR(\*n) +.PP +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