captoinfo translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given text file for termcap entries and,
for each one found, writes an equivalent terminfo description to the standard output stream. termcaptc
capabilities translate to terminfo “use” capabilities.
If no files are specified, captoinfo interprets the content of the environment variable TERMCAP as a file
name, and extracts only the entry for the terminal named in the environment variable TERM from it. If
the environment variable TERMCAP is not set, captoinfo reads /etc/termcap.
This utility is implemented as a link to tic(1), with the latter's -I option implied. You can use other
tic options such as -1, -f, -v, -w, and -x. The -V option reports the version of ncurses associated with
this program and exits with a successful status.
TranslationsfromNonstandardCapabilitiescaptoinfo translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into standard terminfo 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.
termcapCodeObsoleteStandardOriginterminfocapability
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
BOmr AT&T enter_reverse_modeCIvi AT&T cursor_invisibleCVve AT&T cursor_normalDSmh AT&T enter_dim_modeEEme AT&T exit_attribute_modeFELF AT&T label_onFLLO AT&T label_offXSmk AT&T enter_secure_modeEN@7 XENIX key_endGEae XENIX exit_alt_charset_modeGSas XENIX enter_alt_charset_modeHMkh XENIX key_homeLDkL XENIX key_dlPDkN XENIX key_npagePNpo XENIX prtr_offPSpf XENIX prtr_onPUkP XENIX key_ppageRT@8 XENIX kentUPku XENIX kcuu1KAk; Tektronix key_f10KBF1 Tektronix key_f11KCF2 Tektronix key_f12KDF3 Tektronix key_f13KEF4 Tektronix key_f14KFF5 Tektronix key_f15BCSb Tektronix set_backgroundFCSf Tektronix set_foregroundHSmh IRIX enter_dim_mode
XENIX termcap had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box drawing characters of CCSID
(“code page”) 437, as follows.
termcapCodeGraphic
─────────────────────────────────────────
G2 upper left corner
G3 lower left corner
G1 upper right corner
G4 lower right corner
GR tee pointing right
GL tee pointing left
GU tee pointing up
GD tee pointing down
GH horizontal line
GV vertical line
GC intersection
G6 double upper left corner
G7 double lower left corner
G5 double upper right corner
G8 double lower right corner
Gr double tee pointing right
Gr double tee pointing left
Gu double tee pointing up
Gd double tee pointing down
Gh double horizontal line
Gv double vertical line
Gc double intersection
GG ACS magic cookie count
captoinfo composes single-line capabilities into an acsc string, and discards GG and double-line
capabilities with a warning diagnostic.
IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo, but which is incompatible with the SVr4
format. captoinfo translates the following AIX extensions.
IBMX/Open
───────────────
ksel kslt
kbtab kcbt
font0 s0ds
font1 s1ds
font2 s2ds
font3 s3ds
Additionally, this program translates the AIX box1 capability to an acsc string.
The HP-UX terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo capabilities, meml (memory lock) and memu
(memory unlock). captoinfo discards these with a warning message.
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