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captoinfo(1M)                                                                                  captoinfo(1M)



NAME
       captoinfo - convert a termcap description into a terminfo description

SYNOPSIS
       captoinfo [-vn width]  [-V] [-1] [-w width] file . . .

DESCRIPTION
       captoinfo  looks  in  file  for  termcap  descriptions.   For  each one found, an equivalent terminfo
       description is written to standard output.  Termcap tc capabilities are translated directly  to  ter-minfo terminfo
       minfo use capabilities.

       If  no  file  is  given, then the environment variable TERMCAP is used for the filename or entry.  If
       TERMCAP is a full pathname to a file, only the terminal whose name is specified  in  the  environment
       variable  TERM is extracted from that file.  If the environment variable TERMCAP is not set, then the
       file /usr/share/terminfo is read.

       -v   print out tracing information on standard error as the program runs.

       -V   print out the version of the program in use on standard error and exit.

       -1   cause the fields to print out one to a line.  Otherwise, the fields will be printed several to a
            line to a maximum width of 60 characters.

       -w   change the output to width characters.

FILES
       /usr/share/terminfo Compiled terminal description database.

TRANSLATIONS FROM NONSTANDARD CAPABILITIES
       Some  obsolete  nonstandard  capabilities  will  automatically  be translated into standard (SVr4/XSI
       Curses) terminfo capabilities by captoinfo.  Whenever one of these automatic  translations  is  done,
       the  program will issue an notification to stderr, inviting the user to check that it has not mistak-enly mistakenly
       enly translated a completely unknown and random capability and/or syntax error.


       Nonstd   Std    From           Terminfo
        name    name                 capability
       -----------------------------------------------BO ----------------------------------------------BO
       BO       mr     AT&T    enter_reverse_mode
       CI       vi     AT&T    cursor_invisible
       CV       ve     AT&T    cursor_normal
       DS       mh     AT&T    enter_dim_mode
       EE       me     AT&T    exit_attribute_mode
       FE       LF     AT&T    label_on
       FL       LO     AT&T    label_off
       XS       mk     AT&T    enter_secure_mode
       EN       @7     XENIX   key_end
       GE       ae     XENIX   exit_alt_charset_mode
       GS       as     XENIX   enter_alt_charset_mode
       HM       kh     XENIX   key_home
       LD       kL     XENIX   key_dl
       PD       kN     XENIX   key_npage
       PN       po     XENIX   prtr_off
       PS       pf     XENIX   prtr_on
       PU       kP     XENIX   key_ppage
       RT       @8     XENIX   kent
       UP       ku     XENIX   kcuu1
       KA       k;     Tek     key_f10
       KB       F1     Tek     key_f11
       KC       F2     Tek     key_f12
       KD       F3     Tek     key_f13

       KE       F4     Tek     key_f14
       KF       F5     Tek     key_f15
       BC       Sb     Tek     set_background
       FC       Sf     Tek     set_foreground
       HS       mh     Iris    enter_dim_mode

       XENIX termcap also used to have a set of extension capabilities for forms drawing, designed  to  take
       advantage of the IBM PC high-half graphics.  They were as follows:


       Cap          Graphic
       -----------------------------G2 ----------------------------G2
       G2    upper left
       G3    lower left
       G1    upper right
       G4    lower right
       GR    pointing right
       GL    pointing left
       GU    pointing up
       GD    pointing down
       GH    horizontal line
       GV    vertical line
       GC    intersection
       G6    upper left
       G7    lower left
       G5    upper right
       G8    lower right
       Gr    tee pointing right
       Gr    tee pointing left
       Gu    tee pointing up
       Gd    tee pointing down
       Gh    horizontal line
       Gv    vertical line
       Gc    intersection
       GG    acs magic cookie count

       If  the  single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically be composed into an acsc
       string.  The double-line capabilities and GG are discarded with a warning message.

       IBM's AIX has a terminfo facility descended from SVr1 terminfo but incompatible with the SVr4 format.
       The following AIX extensions are automatically translated:


        IBM    XSI
       -------------ksel ------------ksel
       ksel    kslt
       kbtab   kcbt
       font0   s0ds
       font1   s1ds
       font2   s2ds
       font3   s3ds

       Additionally, the AIX box1 capability will be automatically translated to an acsc string.

       Hewlett-Packard's  terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo capabilities meml (memory lock)
       and memu (memory unlock).  These will be discarded with a warning message.

NOTES
       This utility is actually a link to tic(1M), running in -I mode.  You can use other tic  options  such
       as -f and  -x.

       The  trace  option  isn't  identical to SVr4's.  Under SVr4, instead of following the -v with a trace
       level n, you repeat it n times.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), infocmp(1M), terminfo(5)

AUTHOR
       Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>



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