X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Finfocmp.1m;h=9b187e29f2cd3412d3c701c5edc5345e922d0d61;hp=807dc08e40e51f74724e45c7727a0888516af3ee;hb=321b81e6b3fa425daddac02420d862100dc3aac8;hpb=a20e6eb464be80b9cd8cae7ce925d27fe9c209ed diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m index 807dc08e..9b187e29 100644 --- a/man/infocmp.1m +++ b/man/infocmp.1m @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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 * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.66 2017/08/13 00:21:55 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 `` `` @@ -35,7 +35,22 @@ .el .ds '' '' .ds n 5 .de bP -.IP \(bu 4 +.ie n .IP \(bu 4 +.el .IP \(bu 2 +.. +.de NS +.ie n .sp +.el .sp .5 +.ie n .in +4 +.el .in +2 +.nf +.ft C \" Courier +.. +.de NE +.fi +.ft R +.ie n .in -4 +.el .in -2 .. .ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME @@ -120,7 +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. @@ -134,8 +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(/) ; @@ -193,9 +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: @@ -225,7 +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 @@ -289,12 +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 @@ -435,13 +452,20 @@ base64 3 hexadecimal and base64 .RE +.IP +For example, this prints the compiled terminfo value as a string +which could be assigned to the \fBTERMINFO\fP environment variable: +.NS +@INFOCMP@ -0 -q -Q2 +.NE .TP 5 \fB\-q\fR 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 @@ -457,8 +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. @@ -505,7 +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. @@ -563,7 +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. @@ -577,7 +603,7 @@ The \fB\-F\fR option of \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) should be a \fB@TOE@\fR(1M) mode. \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n). .sp -http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html +https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html .PP This describes \fBncurses\fR version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).