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<H1 class="no-header">captoinfo 1m 2024-03-23 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> - convert a <EM>termcap</EM> description into a <EM>terminfo</EM> description
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> [<EM>tic-option</EM>] [<EM>file</EM> ...]
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given
text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>termcap</EM> entries and, for each one found, writes an
equivalent <EM>terminfo</EM> description to the standard output stream. <EM>termcap</EM>
<STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities translate to <EM>terminfo</EM> "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities.
If no <EM>file</EM>s are specified, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> interprets the content of the
environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> as a file name, and extracts only the
entry for the terminal named in the environment variable <EM>TERM</EM> from it.
If the environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> is not set, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> reads
<EM>/etc/termcap</EM>.
This utility is implemented as a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, with the latter's <STRONG>-I</STRONG>
option implied. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>. The <STRONG>-V</STRONG> option reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with
this program and exits with a successful status.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Translations-from-Nonstandard-Capabilities">Translations from Nonstandard Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into
standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities. It issues a
diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, inviting the user to
check that it has not mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped
capability name.
<STRONG>Name</STRONG>
<STRONG>Obsolete</STRONG> <STRONG>Standard</STRONG> <STRONG>Origin</STRONG> <STRONG><EM>terminfo</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>capability</STRONG>
---------------------------------------------------------
<STRONG>BO</STRONG> <STRONG>mr</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>enter_reverse_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>CI</STRONG> <STRONG>vi</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>cursor_invisible</STRONG>
<STRONG>CV</STRONG> <STRONG>ve</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>cursor_normal</STRONG>
<STRONG>DS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>EE</STRONG> <STRONG>me</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>exit_attribute_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>FE</STRONG> <STRONG>LF</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>
<STRONG>FL</STRONG> <STRONG>LO</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>
<STRONG>XS</STRONG> <STRONG>mk</STRONG> AT&amp;T <STRONG>enter_secure_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>EN</STRONG> <STRONG>@7</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_end</STRONG>
<STRONG>GE</STRONG> <STRONG>ae</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>exit_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>GS</STRONG> <STRONG>as</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>enter_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
<STRONG>HM</STRONG> <STRONG>kh</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_home</STRONG>
<STRONG>LD</STRONG> <STRONG>kL</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_dl</STRONG>
<STRONG>PD</STRONG> <STRONG>kN</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_npage</STRONG>
<STRONG>PN</STRONG> <STRONG>po</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_off</STRONG>
<STRONG>PS</STRONG> <STRONG>pf</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_on</STRONG>
<STRONG>PU</STRONG> <STRONG>kP</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_ppage</STRONG>
<STRONG>RT</STRONG> <STRONG>@8</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kent</STRONG>
<STRONG>UP</STRONG> <STRONG>ku</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kcuu1</STRONG>
<STRONG>KA</STRONG> <STRONG>k;</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f10</STRONG>
<STRONG>KB</STRONG> <STRONG>F1</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f11</STRONG>
<STRONG>KC</STRONG> <STRONG>F2</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f12</STRONG>
<STRONG>KD</STRONG> <STRONG>F3</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f13</STRONG>
<STRONG>KE</STRONG> <STRONG>F4</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f14</STRONG>
<STRONG>KF</STRONG> <STRONG>F5</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f15</STRONG>
<STRONG>BC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sb</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_background</STRONG>
<STRONG>FC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sf</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_foreground</STRONG>
<STRONG>HS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> IRIX <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
XENIX <EM>termcap</EM> had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box
drawing characters of CCSID ("code page") 437, as follows.
<STRONG><EM>termcap</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Graphic</STRONG>
-----------------------------------------
<STRONG>G2</STRONG> upper left corner
<STRONG>G3</STRONG> lower left corner
<STRONG>G1</STRONG> upper right corner
<STRONG>G4</STRONG> lower right corner
<STRONG>GR</STRONG> tee pointing right
<STRONG>GL</STRONG> tee pointing left
<STRONG>GU</STRONG> tee pointing up
<STRONG>GD</STRONG> tee pointing down
<STRONG>GH</STRONG> horizontal line
<STRONG>GV</STRONG> vertical line
<STRONG>GC</STRONG> intersection
<STRONG>G6</STRONG> double upper left corner
<STRONG>G7</STRONG> double lower left corner
<STRONG>G5</STRONG> double upper right corner
<STRONG>G8</STRONG> double lower right corner
<STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing right
<STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing left
<STRONG>Gu</STRONG> double tee pointing up
<STRONG>Gd</STRONG> double tee pointing down
<STRONG>Gh</STRONG> double horizontal line
<STRONG>Gv</STRONG> double vertical line
<STRONG>Gc</STRONG> double intersection
<STRONG>GG</STRONG> ACS magic cookie count
<STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> composes single-line capabilities into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string, and
discards <STRONG>GG</STRONG> and double-line capabilities with a warning diagnostic.
IBM's AIX has a <EM>terminfo</EM> facility descended from SVr1 <EM>terminfo</EM>, but
which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates the
following AIX extensions.
<STRONG>IBM</STRONG> <STRONG>XSI</STRONG>
-------------
ksel kslt
kbtab kcbt
font0 s0ds
font1 s1ds
font2 s2ds
font3 s3ds
Additionally, this program translates the AIX <STRONG>box1</STRONG> capability to an
<STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
The HP-UX <EM>terminfo</EM> library supports two nonstandard <EM>terminfo</EM>
capabilities, <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
discards these with a warning message.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
<EM>/etc/termcap</EM>
default <EM>termcap</EM> terminal capability database
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) describes <STRONG>tic</STRONG> briefly, but omits this
program.
SVr4 systems provide <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> as a separate application from <STRONG>tic</STRONG>. Its
<STRONG>-v</STRONG> option does not accept a trace level argument <EM>n</EM>; repeat <STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> times
instead.
NetBSD does not provide this application.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Eric S. Raymond &lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt; and
Thomas E. Dickey &lt;dickey@invisible-island.net&gt;
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
ncurses 6.5 2024-03-23 <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>
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