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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2 role="package">
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18 | <title/>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
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21 | handling of character screens.</para>
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22 |
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23 | <segmentedlist>
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24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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26 |
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27 | <seglistitem>
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28 | <seg>&ncurses-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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29 | <seg>&ncurses-ch6-du;</seg>
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30 | </seglistitem>
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31 | </segmentedlist>
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32 |
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33 | </sect2>
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34 |
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35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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36 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
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37 |
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38 | <!-- FIXME: Uncomment if using a dated ncurses release instead of a numbered
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39 | one.
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40 |
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41 | <para>Since the release of Ncurses-&ncurses-version;, some bugs have been fixed
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42 | and features added. The most important news are .......
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43 | To get these fixes and features, apply the rollup patch:</para>
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44 |
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45 | <screen><userinput>bzcat ../&ncurses-rollup-patch; | patch -Np1</userinput></screen>
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46 | -->
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47 |
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48 | <para>Since the release of Ncurses-&ncurses-version;, a memory leak and some
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49 | display bugs were found and fixed upstream. Apply those fixes:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <variablelist>
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58 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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59 |
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60 | <varlistentry>
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61 | <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
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64 | class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
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65 | to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
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66 | class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
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67 | These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
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68 | traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
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69 | only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
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70 | source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </varlistentry>
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73 |
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74 | <!--
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75 | <varlistentry>
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76 | <term><parameter>- -without-cxx-binding</parameter></term>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>This optional switch causes the
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79 | <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses++w.a</filename> library
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80 | not to be built. Nothing in LFS and BLFS uses this library.</para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </varlistentry>
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83 | -->
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84 |
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85 | </variablelist>
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86 |
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87 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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88 |
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89 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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92 |
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93 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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96 |
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97 | <para>Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
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98 |
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99 | <screen><userinput>chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
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100 |
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101 | <para>Fix a library that should not be executable:</para>
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102 |
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103 | <screen><userinput>chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++w.a</userinput></screen>
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104 |
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105 | <para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory,
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106 | where they are expected to reside:</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>Because the libraries have been moved, one symlink points to
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111 | a non-existent file. Recreate it:</para>
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112 |
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113 | <screen><userinput>ln -sfv ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <para>Many applications still expect the linker to be able to find
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116 | non-wide-character Ncurses libraries. Trick such applications into linking with
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117 | wide-character libraries by means of symlinks and linker scripts:</para>
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118 |
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119 | <screen><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do \
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120 | rm -vf /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so ; \
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121 | echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" >/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so ; \
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122 | ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a ; \
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123 | done &&
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124 | ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen>
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125 |
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126 | <para>Finally, make sure that old applications that look for
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127 | <filename class="libraryfile">-lcurses</filename> at build time are still
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128 | buildable:</para>
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129 |
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130 | <screen><userinput>echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" >/usr/lib/libcursesw.so &&
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131 | ln -sfv libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so &&
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132 | ln -sfv libncursesw.a /usr/lib/libcursesw.a &&
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133 | ln -sfv libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a</userinput></screen>
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134 |
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135 | <note>
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136 | <para>The instructions above don't create non-wide-character Ncurses
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137 | libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would
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138 | link against them at runtime. If you must have such libraries because
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139 | of some binary-only application, build them with the following
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140 | commands:</para>
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141 |
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142 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make distclean &&
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143 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared --without-normal \
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144 | --without-debug --without-cxx-binding &&
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145 | make sources libs &&
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146 | cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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147 | </note>
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148 |
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149 | </sect2>
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150 |
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151 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
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152 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
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153 |
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154 | <segmentedlist>
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155 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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156 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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157 |
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158 | <seglistitem>
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159 | <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
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160 | reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
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161 | <seg>libcursesw.{a,so} (symlink and linker script to libncursesw.{a,so}),
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162 | libformw.{a,so}, libmenuw.{a,so}, libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.{a,so},
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163 | libpanelw.{a,so} and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w"
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164 | in the library names.</seg>
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165 | </seglistitem>
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166 | </segmentedlist>
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167 |
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168 | <variablelist>
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169 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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170 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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171 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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172 |
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173 | <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
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174 | <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
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175 | <listitem>
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176 | <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
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177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
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178 | <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
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179 | </indexterm>
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180 | </listitem>
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181 | </varlistentry>
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182 |
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183 | <varlistentry id="clear">
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184 | <term><command>clear</command></term>
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185 | <listitem>
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186 | <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
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187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
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188 | <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
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189 | </indexterm>
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190 | </listitem>
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191 | </varlistentry>
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192 |
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193 | <varlistentry id="infocmp">
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194 | <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
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195 | <listitem>
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196 | <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
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197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
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198 | <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
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199 | </indexterm>
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200 | </listitem>
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201 | </varlistentry>
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202 |
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203 | <varlistentry id="infotocap">
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204 | <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | <varlistentry id="reset">
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214 | <term><command>reset</command></term>
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215 | <listitem>
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216 | <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
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217 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
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218 | <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
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219 | </indexterm>
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220 | </listitem>
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221 | </varlistentry>
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222 |
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223 | <varlistentry id="tack">
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224 | <term><command>tack</command></term>
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225 | <listitem>
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226 | <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
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227 | accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
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228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
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229 | <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
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230 | </indexterm>
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231 | </listitem>
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232 | </varlistentry>
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233 |
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234 | <varlistentry id="tic">
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235 | <term><command>tic</command></term>
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236 | <listitem>
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237 | <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
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238 | terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
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239 | ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
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240 | capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 |
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247 | <varlistentry id="toe">
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248 | <term><command>toe</command></term>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
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251 | description for each</para>
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252 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
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253 | <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
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254 | </indexterm>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | <varlistentry id="tput">
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259 | <term><command>tput</command></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
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262 | the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
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263 | report its long name</para>
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264 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
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265 | <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
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266 | </indexterm>
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267 | </listitem>
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268 | </varlistentry>
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269 |
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270 | <varlistentry id="tset">
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271 | <term><command>tset</command></term>
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272 | <listitem>
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273 | <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
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274 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
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275 | <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
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276 | </indexterm>
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277 | </listitem>
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278 | </varlistentry>
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279 |
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280 | <varlistentry id="libcurses">
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281 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
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282 | <listitem>
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283 | <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
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284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
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285 | <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
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286 | </indexterm>
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287 | </listitem>
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288 | </varlistentry>
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289 |
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290 | <varlistentry id="libncurses">
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291 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
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292 | <listitem>
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293 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
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294 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
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295 | menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make
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296 | menuconfig</command></para>
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297 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
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298 | <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
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299 | </indexterm>
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300 | </listitem>
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301 | </varlistentry>
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302 |
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303 | <varlistentry id="libform">
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304 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
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305 | <listitem>
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306 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
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308 | <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="libmenu">
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314 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
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315 | <listitem>
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316 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
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317 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
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318 | <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
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319 | </indexterm>
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320 | </listitem>
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321 | </varlistentry>
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322 |
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323 | <varlistentry id="libpanel">
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324 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
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325 | <listitem>
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326 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
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327 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
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328 | <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
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329 | </indexterm>
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330 | </listitem>
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331 | </varlistentry>
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332 |
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333 | </variablelist>
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334 |
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335 | </sect2>
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336 |
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337 | </sect1>
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