terminal capability database NAME termcap - terminal capability database DESCRIPTION The termcap database is an obsolete facility f...compile terminal descriptions for terminfo or termcap NAME tic - compile terminal descriptions for terminfo or termcap SYNOPSIS tic [ -01acCDfg...convert a termcap description into a terminfo description NAME captoinfo - convert a termcap description in...convert a terminfo description into a termcap description NAME infotocap - convert a terminfo description into a termcap description SY......ch terminal named. -I use terminfo capability codes -L use “long” capability names -C use termcap capability codes -r with -C , include nonstandard capabilities -K with -C , imp…...0s, some users were reluctant to use terminfo in spite of its performance advantages over termcap: The fixed repertoire prevented users from adding features for unanticipated te…...An OpenBSD developer adapted the internal library function from ncurses to port NetBSD's termcap -based tput to terminfo , and modified it to interpret multiple cap-codes (and p…...TERM Denotes your terminal type. Each terminal type is distinct, though many are similar. TERMCAP may denote the location of a termcap database. If it is not an absolute pathnam…...TERM Denotes your terminal type. Each terminal type is distinct, though many are similar. TERMCAP may denote the location of a termcap database. If it is not an absolute pathnam…...ntry names. -u file lists terminal type dependencies in file , a terminfo entry source or termcap database file. The report summarizes the “ use ” ( terminfo ) and tc ( termcap …...inal device to default terminal type mapping DESCRIPTION The /etc/ttytype file associates termcap (5) and terminfo (5) terminal type names with tty lines. Each line consists of …...es. It uses them to generate formatted text from POD source. It can optionally use either termcap sequences or ANSI color escape sequences to format the text. input is the file …...xt, or for very old Perl versions Pod::PlainText. An alternative would be e.g. Pod::Text::Termcap. -utf8 This option assumes that the formatter (see above) understands the optio…...tries (the default). settc cap val Set the terminal capability cap to val , as defined in termcap(5) . No sanity checking is done. setty [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -q ] [ -x ] [ + mode ] […...file Caps to line up nicely. (Some standard codes exceed this limit regardless.) The TC ( termcap ) code is that used by the corresponding API of ncurses . (Some capabilities ar…...le from the local side to the remote one. There can be problems if the remote terminfo or termcap entry for your type is not compatible with yours, but this situation is rare an…...layed. Other possibilities are enumerated later. The zmore command looks in the file /etc/termcap to determine terminal characteristics, and to determine the default window size…...ar *ty_getty; /* command to execute, usually getty */ char *ty_type; /* terminal type for termcap */ int ty_status; /* status flags */ char *ty_window; /* command to start up wi…...ar *ty_getty; /* command to execute, usually getty */ char *ty_type; /* terminal type for termcap */ int ty_status; /* status flags */ char *ty_window; /* command to start up wi…...ar *ty_getty; /* command to execute, usually getty */ char *ty_type; /* terminal type for termcap */ int ty_status; /* status flags */ char *ty_window; /* command to start up wi…