1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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3 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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4 |
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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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35 |
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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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39 |
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40 | <para><command>libform*</command> contain functions to implement forms.</para>
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41 |
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42 | <para><command>libmenu*</command> contain functions to implement menus.</para>
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43 |
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44 | <para><command>libpanel*</command> contain functions to implement panels.</para>
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45 |
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46 | </sect2>
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47 |
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