X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Finfocmp.1m;h=e598a8a8b84473a7f5c4281120949de1b36b6adb;hp=bfc3cc315c14765d5413a15be9282e2f14775c01;hb=b0916ab669030bac5c8590c0d66e36e1b9b34e9b;hpb=96d6b16de0d487e5d3aed0302a179dbce11b5d96 diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m index bfc3cc31..e598a8a8 100644 --- a/man/infocmp.1m +++ b/man/infocmp.1m @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 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 1.46 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.50 2011/12/17 23:15:19 tom Exp $ .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M "" .ds n 5 .ds d @TERMINFO@ @@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ \fB@INFOCMP@\fR [\fB\-\ 1\ C\ +D\ E\ F\ G\ I\ +K\ L\ T\ U\ @@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ l l . \fB\-L\fR/use the long C variable name listed in <\fBterm.h\fR> \fB\-C\fR/use the \fBtermcap\fR names \fB\-r\fR/when using \fB\-C\fR, put out all capabilities in \fBtermcap\fR form +\fB\-K\fR/modifies the \fB\-C\fP option, improving BSD-compatibility. .TE .PP If no \fItermnames\fR are given, the environment variable \fBTERM\fR will be @@ -128,6 +131,11 @@ are derivable from other \fBterminfo\fR variables, will be output. Not all part of \fBtermcap\fR will normally be output. Specifying the \fB\-r\fR option will take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output in \fItermcap\fR form. +Normally you would use both the \fB\-C\fP and \fB\-r\fP options. +The actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped characters +from terminfo format. +For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, use the \fB\-K\fR option +rather than \fB\-C\fP. .PP Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of the capability, not all capabilities are output. Mandatory padding is not supported. Because @@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ the first of the other \fItermname\fR entries that has this capability gives a different value for the capability than that in the first \fItermname\fR. .PP The order of the other \fItermname\fR entries is significant. Since the -terminfo compiler \fBtic\fR does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities, +terminfo compiler \fB@TIC@\fR does a left-to-right scan of the capabilities, specifying two \fBuse=\fR entries that contain differing entries for the same capabilities will produce different results depending on the order that the entries are given in. \fB@INFOCMP@\fR will flag any such inconsistencies between @@ -202,6 +210,9 @@ databases. This is useful for comparing descriptions for the same terminal created by different people. .SS Other Options .TP 5 +\fB\-0\fR +causes the fields to be printed on one line, without wrapping. +.TP 5 \fB\-1\fR causes the fields to be printed out one to a line. Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width @@ -210,6 +221,9 @@ of 60 characters. \fB\-a\fR 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. .TP 5 \fB\-E\fR Dump the capabilities of the given terminal as tables, needed in @@ -362,7 +376,7 @@ This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo). .TP \fB\-t\fR -tells \fBtic\fP to discard commented-out capabilities. +tells \fB@TIC@\fP to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabilities are commented-out. .TP 5 @@ -385,13 +399,15 @@ changes the output to \fIwidth\fR characters. \fB\-x\fR print information for user-defined capabilities. These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which can be loaded -using the \fB\-x\fR option of \fBtic\fP. +using the \fB\-x\fR option of \fB@TIC@\fP. .SH FILES .TP 20 \*d Compiled terminal description database. .SH EXTENSIONS The +\fB\-0\fR, +\fB\-1\fR, \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-G\fR,