X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Finfocmp.1m;h=9b187e29f2cd3412d3c701c5edc5345e922d0d61;hp=34efbf63445407b61cbfa5bfe45a2f781d65f8cf;hb=321b81e6b3fa425daddac02420d862100dc3aac8;hpb=d66080c21038ad4feb2e41a0c4e517d5b4a03ab2 diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m index 34efbf63..9b187e29 100644 --- a/man/infocmp.1m +++ b/man/infocmp.1m @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.70 2018/01/23 10:10:17 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.73 2018/07/28 22:08:59 tom Exp $ .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M "" .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq .el .ds `` `` @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ .de NE .fi .ft R -.in -4 +.ie n .in -4 +.el .in -2 .. .ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME @@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ followed by the capability value. .IP The \fB\-u\fR option provides a related output, showing the first terminal description rewritten to use the second -as a building block via the \*(``use=\*('' clause. +as a building block via the \*(``use=\*('' clause. .TP \fB\-n\fR produces a list of each capability that is in \fInone\fP of the given entries. @@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ If no \fItermnames\fR are given, \fB@INFOCMP@\fR uses the environment variable \fBTERM\fR for each of the \fItermnames\fR. .SS Source Listing Options [\-I] [\-L] [\-C] [\-r] -The \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-L\fR, and \fB\-C\fR options will produce a source listing for -each terminal named. +The \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-L\fR, and \fB\-C\fR options will produce +a source listing for each terminal named. . .TS center tab(/) ; @@ -207,9 +208,9 @@ Mandatory padding is not supported. Because \fBtermcap\fR strings are not as flexible, it is not always possible to convert a \fBterminfo\fR string capability into an equivalent \fBtermcap\fR format. -A subsequent conversion of the \fBtermcap\fR file back into \fBterminfo\fR format -will not necessarily reproduce the original \fBterminfo\fR -source. +A subsequent conversion of the \fBtermcap\fR file +back into \fBterminfo\fR format +will not necessarily reproduce the original \fBterminfo\fR source. .PP Some common \fBterminfo\fR parameter sequences, their \fBtermcap\fR equivalents, and some terminal types which commonly have such sequences, are: @@ -239,7 +240,8 @@ In this manner, it is possible to retrofit generic terminfo entries into a terminal's description. Or, if two similar terminals exist, but were coded at different times or by different people so that each description -is a full description, using \fB@INFOCMP@\fR will show what can be done to change +is a full description, using \fB@INFOCMP@\fR +will show what can be done to change one description to be relative to the other. .PP A capability will get printed with an at-sign (@) if it no longer exists in the @@ -303,12 +305,13 @@ the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width of 60 characters. .TP \fB\-a\fR -tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding -them. +tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to retain commented-out capabilities +rather than discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period. .TP \fB\-D\fR -tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about, and exit. +tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about, +and exit. .TP 5 \fB\-E\fR Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in @@ -461,7 +464,8 @@ This makes the output a little shorter: .RS .bP Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings, and using -\*(``\-\*('' for absent capabilities, \*(``@\*('' for canceled rather than \*(``NULL\*(''. +\*(``\-\*('' for absent capabilities, \*(``@\*('' +for canceled rather than \*(``NULL\*(''. .bP However, show differences between absent and cancelled capabilities. .bP @@ -477,8 +481,8 @@ that have their own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. .RS .bP Available terminfo -subsets are \*(``SVr1\*('', \*(``Ultrix\*('', \*(``HP\*('', and \*(``AIX\*(''; see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for -details. +subsets are \*(``SVr1\*('', \*(``Ultrix\*('', \*(``HP\*('', and \*(``AIX\*(''; +see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for details. .bP You can also choose the subset \*(``BSD\*('' which selects only capabilities with termcap equivalents recognized by 4.4BSD. @@ -525,7 +529,8 @@ Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabilities are commented-out. .TP 5 \fB\-U\fR -tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to not post-process the data after parsing the source file. +tells \fB@INFOCMP@\fP to not post-process the data +after parsing the source file. This feature helps when comparing the actual contents of two source files, since it excludes the inferences that \fB@INFOCMP@\fP makes to fill in missing data. @@ -583,7 +588,8 @@ Also, it shows missing integer capabilities as \fB\-1\fP This implementation shows those as \*(``NULL\*('', for consistency with missing strings. .PP -The \fB\-r\fR option's notion of \*(``termcap\*('' capabilities is System V Release 4's. +The \fB\-r\fR 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 \fB\-r\fR \fB\-RBSD\fR.