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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 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>ncurses</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&ncurses-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&ncurses-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
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| 27 | handling of character screens.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <seglistitem>
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| 34 | <seg>&ncurses-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&ncurses-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Don't install a static library that is not handled by configure:</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/LIBTOOL_INSTALL/d' c++/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen arch="default"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 51 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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| 52 | --with-shared \
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| 53 | --without-debug \
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| 54 | --without-normal \
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| 55 | --enable-pc-files \
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| 56 | --enable-widec</userinput></screen>
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| 57 | <screen arch="multilib"><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 58 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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| 59 | --with-shared \
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| 60 | --without-debug \
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| 61 | --without-normal \
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| 62 | --enable-pc-files \
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| 63 | --enable-widec \
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| 64 | --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <variablelist>
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| 67 | <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <varlistentry>
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| 70 | <term><parameter>--enable-widec</parameter></term>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., <filename
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| 73 | class="libraryfile">libncursesw.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>)
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| 74 | to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., <filename
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| 75 | class="libraryfile">libncurses.so.&ncurses-version;</filename>).
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| 76 | These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and
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| 77 | traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly
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| 78 | only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are
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| 79 | source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.</para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </varlistentry>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <varlistentry>
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| 84 | <term><parameter>--enable-pc-files</parameter></term>
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| 85 | <listitem>
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| 86 | <para>This switch generates and installs .pc files for pkg-config.
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| 87 | </para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </varlistentry>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <varlistentry>
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| 92 | <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>This switch disables building and installing most static libraries.
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | </varlistentry>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <varlistentry arch="multilib">
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| 100 | <term><parameter>--with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig</parameter></term>
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>This switch forces .pc to be installed in /usr/lib/pkgconfig. If
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| 103 | not set, .pc files gets installed in /usr/lib32 even for 64bit binaries.
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 | </listitem>
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| 106 | </varlistentry>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | </variablelist>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the
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| 115 | package has been installed. The tests reside in the
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| 116 | <filename class="directory">test/</filename> directory. See the
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| 117 | <filename>README</filename> file in that directory for further details.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>Move the shared libraries to the
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| 125 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, where they are
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| 126 | expected to reside:</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6* /lib</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>Because the libraries have been moved, one symlink points to
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| 131 | a non-existent file. Recreate it:</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libncursesw.so) /usr/lib/libncursesw.so</userinput></screen>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>Many applications still expect the linker to be able to find
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| 136 | non-wide-character Ncurses libraries. Trick such applications into linking with
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| 137 | wide-character libraries by means of symlinks and linker scripts:</para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <screen><userinput remap="install">for lib in ncurses form panel menu ; do
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| 140 | rm -vf /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
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| 141 | echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
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| 142 | ln -sfv ${lib}w.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc
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| 143 | done</userinput></screen>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para>Finally, make sure that old applications that look for
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| 146 | <filename class="libraryfile">-lcurses</filename> at build time are still
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| 147 | buildable:</para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -vf /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
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| 150 | echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
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| 151 | ln -sfv libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para>If desired, install the Ncurses documentation:</para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;
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| 156 | cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <note>
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| 159 | <para>The instructions above don't create non-wide-character Ncurses
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| 160 | libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would link
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| 161 | against them at runtime. However, the only known binary-only
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| 162 | applications that link against non-wide-character Ncurses libraries
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| 163 | require version 5. If you must have such libraries because of some binary-only
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| 164 | application or to be compliant with LSB, build the package again with the
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| 165 | following commands:</para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make distclean
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| 168 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 169 | --with-shared \
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| 170 | --without-normal \
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| 171 | --without-debug \
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| 172 | --without-cxx-binding \
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| 173 | --with-abi-version=5
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| 174 | make sources libs
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| 175 | cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | </note>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | </sect2>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <sect2 arch="multilib" role="installation">
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| 182 | <title>Installation of Ncurses - 32-bit</title>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <para>Clean previous build:</para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" \
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| 191 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 192 | --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
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| 193 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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| 194 | --with-shared \
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| 195 | --without-debug \
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| 196 | --without-normal \
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| 197 | --enable-pc-files \
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| 198 | --enable-widec \
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| 199 | --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
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| 200 | --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make -j1</userinput></screen>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
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| 209 | for lib in ncurses form panel menu ; do
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| 210 | rm -vf DESTDIR/usr/lib32/lib${lib}.so
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| 211 | echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > DESTDIR/usr/lib32/lib${lib}.so
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| 212 | ln -svf ${lib}w.pc DESTDIR/usr/lib32/pkgconfig/$lib.pc
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| 213 | done
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| 214 | rm -vf DESTDIR/usr/lib32/libcursesw.so
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| 215 | echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > DESTDIR/usr/lib32/libcursesw.so
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| 216 | ln -sfv libncurses.so DESTDIR/usr/lib32/libcurses.so
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| 217 | cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
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| 218 | rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <para>If desired, make the version 5 libraries in 32bit as well:</para>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make distclean
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| 223 | CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" \
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| 224 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 225 | --with-shared \
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| 226 | --without-normal \
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| 227 | --without-debug \
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| 228 | --without-cxx-binding \
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| 229 | --with-abi-version=5 \
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| 230 | --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
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| 231 | make -j1 sources libs
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| 232 | cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib32</userinput></screen>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | </sect2>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <sect2 arch="multilib" role="installation">
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| 237 | <title>Installation of Ncurses - x32-bit</title>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>Clean previous build:</para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" CXX="g++ -mx32" \
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| 246 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 247 | --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
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| 248 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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| 249 | --with-shared \
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| 250 | --without-debug \
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| 251 | --without-normal \
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| 252 | --enable-pc-files \
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| 253 | --enable-widec \
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| 254 | --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
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| 255 | --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/libx32/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make -j1</userinput></screen>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
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| 264 | for lib in ncurses form panel menu ; do
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| 265 | rm -vf DESTDIR/usr/libx32/lib${lib}.so
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| 266 | echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > DESTDIR/usr/libx32/lib${lib}.so
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| 267 | ln -svf ${lib}w.pc DESTDIR/usr/libx32/pkgconfig/$lib.pc
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| 268 | done
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| 269 | rm -vf DESTDIR/usr/libx32/libcursesw.so
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| 270 | echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > DESTDIR/usr/libx32/libcursesw.so
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| 271 | ln -sfv libncurses.so DESTDIR/usr/libx32/libcurses.so
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| 272 | cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
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| 273 | rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <!-- Any package out there which still needs version 5?
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| 276 | Leave it out for x32bit for now.
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <para>If desired, make the version 5 libraries in x32bit as well:</para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make distclean
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| 281 | CC="gcc -mx32" CXX="g++ -mx32" \
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| 282 | ./configure - -prefix=/usr \
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| 283 | - -with-shared \
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| 284 | - -without-normal \
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| 285 | - -without-debug \
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| 286 | - -without-cxx-binding \
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| 287 | - -with-abi-version=5
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| 288 | make -j1 sources libs
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| 289 | cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/libx32</userinput></screen>
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| 290 | -->
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| 291 | </sect2>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
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| 294 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <segmentedlist>
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| 297 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 298 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 299 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <seglistitem>
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| 302 | <seg>
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| 303 | captoinfo (link to tic),
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| 304 | clear,
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| 305 | infocmp,
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| 306 | infotocap (link to tic),
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| 307 | ncursesw6-config,
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| 308 | reset (link to tset),
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| 309 | tabs,
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| 310 | tic,
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| 311 | toe,
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| 312 | tput, and
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| 313 | tset
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| 314 | </seg>
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| 315 | <seg>
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| 316 | libcursesw.so (symlink and linker script to libncursesw.so),
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| 317 | libformw.so,
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| 318 | libmenuw.so,
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| 319 | libncursesw.so,
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| 320 | libncurses++w.a,
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| 321 | libpanelw.so, and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w"
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| 322 | in the library names.</seg>
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| 323 | <seg>
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| 324 | /usr/share/tabset,
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| 325 | /usr/share/terminfo, and
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| 326 | /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;
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| 327 | </seg>
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| 328 | </seglistitem>
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| 329 | </segmentedlist>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <variablelist>
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| 332 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 333 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 334 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
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| 337 | <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
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| 338 | <listitem>
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| 339 | <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
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| 340 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
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| 341 | <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
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| 342 | </indexterm>
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| 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 | </varlistentry>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <varlistentry id="clear">
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| 347 | <term><command>clear</command></term>
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| 348 | <listitem>
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| 349 | <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
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| 350 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
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| 351 | <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
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| 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <varlistentry id="infocmp">
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| 357 | <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
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| 358 | <listitem>
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| 359 | <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
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| 360 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
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| 361 | <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
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| 362 | </indexterm>
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| 363 | </listitem>
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| 364 | </varlistentry>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <varlistentry id="infotocap">
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| 367 | <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
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| 368 | <listitem>
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| 369 | <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
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| 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="ncursesw6-config">
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| 377 | <term><command>ncursesw6-config</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
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| 380 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw6-config">
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| 381 | <primary sortas="b-ncursesw6-config">ncursesw6-config</primary>
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| 382 | </indexterm>
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| 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 | </varlistentry>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <varlistentry id="reset">
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| 387 | <term><command>reset</command></term>
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
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| 390 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
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| 391 | <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
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| 392 | </indexterm>
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| 393 | </listitem>
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| 394 | </varlistentry>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <varlistentry id="tabs">
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| 397 | <term><command>tabs</command></term>
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| 398 | <listitem>
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| 399 | <para>Clears and sets tab stops on a terminal</para>
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| 400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs">
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| 401 | <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary>
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| 402 | </indexterm>
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| 403 | </listitem>
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <varlistentry id="tic">
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| 407 | <term><command>tic</command></term>
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| 408 | <listitem>
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| 409 | <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
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| 410 | terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
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| 411 | ncurses library routines [A terminfo file contains information on the
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| 412 | capabilities of a certain terminal.]</para>
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| 413 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
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| 414 | <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
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| 415 | </indexterm>
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| 416 | </listitem>
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| 417 | </varlistentry>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <varlistentry id="toe">
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| 420 | <term><command>toe</command></term>
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| 421 | <listitem>
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| 422 | <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
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| 423 | description for each</para>
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| 424 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
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| 425 | <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
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| 426 | </indexterm>
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| 427 | </listitem>
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| 428 | </varlistentry>
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| 429 |
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| 430 | <varlistentry id="tput">
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| 431 | <term><command>tput</command></term>
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| 432 | <listitem>
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| 433 | <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
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| 434 | the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
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| 435 | report its long name</para>
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| 436 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
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| 437 | <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
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| 438 | </indexterm>
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| 439 | </listitem>
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| 440 | </varlistentry>
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| 441 |
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| 442 | <varlistentry id="tset">
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| 443 | <term><command>tset</command></term>
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| 444 | <listitem>
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| 445 | <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
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| 446 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
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| 447 | <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
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| 448 | </indexterm>
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| 449 | </listitem>
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| 450 | </varlistentry>
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| 451 |
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| 452 | <varlistentry id="libcursesw">
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| 453 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
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| 454 | <listitem>
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| 455 | <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
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| 456 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw">
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| 457 | <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
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| 458 | </indexterm>
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| 459 | </listitem>
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| 460 | </varlistentry>
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| 461 |
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| 462 | <varlistentry id="libncursesw">
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| 463 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
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| 464 | <listitem>
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| 465 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
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| 466 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
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| 467 | menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make
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| 468 | menuconfig</command></para>
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| 469 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw">
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| 470 | <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
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| 471 | </indexterm>
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| 472 | </listitem>
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| 473 | </varlistentry>
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| 474 |
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| 475 | <varlistentry id="libformw">
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| 476 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
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| 477 | <listitem>
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| 478 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
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| 479 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw">
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| 480 | <primary sortas="c-libformw">libformw</primary>
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| 481 | </indexterm>
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| 482 | </listitem>
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| 483 | </varlistentry>
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| 484 |
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| 485 | <varlistentry id="libmenuw">
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| 486 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
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| 487 | <listitem>
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| 488 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
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| 489 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw">
|
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| 490 | <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
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| 491 | </indexterm>
|
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| 492 | </listitem>
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| 493 | </varlistentry>
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| 494 |
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| 495 | <varlistentry id="libpanelw">
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| 496 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
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| 497 | <listitem>
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| 498 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
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| 499 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw">
|
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| 500 | <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
|
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| 501 | </indexterm>
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| 502 | </listitem>
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| 503 | </varlistentry>
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| 504 |
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| 505 | </variablelist>
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| 506 |
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| 507 | </sect2>
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| 508 |
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| 509 | </sect1>
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