[1d5d84c8] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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[04a3351] | 3 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[978d0bf] | 5 | <para><command>captoinfo</command> converts a termcap description into a
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| 6 | terminfo description.</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <para><command>clear</command> clears the screen, if this is possible.</para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <para><command>infocmp</command> compares or prints out terminfo
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| 11 | descriptions.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para><command>infotocap</command> converts a terminfo description into
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| 14 | a termcap description.</para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para><command>reset</command> reinitializes a terminal to its default
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| 17 | values.</para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para><command>tack</command> is the terminfo action checker. It is mainly
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| 20 | used to test the correctness of an entry in the terminfo database.</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para><command>tic</command> is the terminfo entry-description compiler.
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| 23 | It translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed
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| 24 | for the ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
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| 25 | capabilities of a certain terminal.</para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para><command>toe</command> lists all available terminal types, for each
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| 28 | giving its primary name and its description.</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para><command>tput</command> makes the values of terminal-dependent
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| 31 | capabilities available to the shell. It can also be used to reset or initialize
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| 32 | a terminal, or report its long name.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><command>tset</command> can be used to initialize terminals.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 35 |
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[978d0bf] | 36 | <para><command>libncurses*</command> contain functions to display text in
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| 37 | many complicated ways on a terminal screen. A good example of the use of these
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| 38 | functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's make menuconfig.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 39 |
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[978d0bf] | 40 | <para><command>libform*</command> contain functions to implement forms.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 41 |
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[978d0bf] | 42 | <para><command>libmenu*</command> contain functions to implement menus.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 43 |
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[978d0bf] | 44 | <para><command>libpanel*</command> contain functions to implement panels.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 45 |
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| 46 | </sect2>
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