| 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &ncurses-contversion;.)</para>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para><command>captoinfo</command> converts a termcap description into a
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| 10 | terminfo description.</para>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para><command>clear</command> clears the screen, if this is possible.</para>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <para><command>infocmp</command> compares or prints out terminfo
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| 15 | descriptions.</para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para><command>infotocap</command> converts a terminfo description into
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| 18 | a termcap description.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><command>reset</command> reinitializes a terminal to its default
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| 21 | values.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para><command>tack</command> is the terminfo action checker. It is mainly
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| 24 | used to test the correctness of an entry in the terminfo database.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para><command>tic</command> is the terminfo entry-description compiler.
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| 27 | It translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed
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| 28 | for the ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
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| 29 | capabilities of a certain terminal.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para><command>toe</command> lists all available terminal types, for each
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| 32 | giving its primary name and its description.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><command>tput</command> makes the values of terminal-dependent
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| 35 | capabilities available to the shell. It can also be used to reset or initialize
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| 36 | a terminal, or report its long name.</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para><command>tset</command> can be used to initialize terminals.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | </sect3>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para><command>libncurses*</command> contain functions to display text in
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| 45 | many complicated ways on a terminal screen. A good example of the use of these
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| 46 | functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's make menuconfig.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para><command>libform*</command> contain functions to implement forms.</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para><command>libmenu*</command> contain functions to implement menus.</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para><command>libpanel*</command> contain functions to implement panels.</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | </sect3>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | </sect2>
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| 57 |
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