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diff --git a/lib/libmytinfo/tconv.1 b/lib/libmytinfo/tconv.1 deleted file mode 100644 index e1e91f6..0000000 --- a/lib/libmytinfo/tconv.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,180 +0,0 @@ -.\" @(#) mytinfo tconv.1 3.2 92/02/01 public domain, By Ross Ridge -.TH TCONV 1 "92/02/01" "mytinfo" -.SH NAME -tconv \- convert between termcap, terminfo source and terminfo binary -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B tconv -[\fB\-b\fR] -[\fB\-c\fR\ [\fB\-OUGd\fR]] -[\fB\-i\fR] -[\fB\-B\fR\ [\fB\-D\fR\ dir]] -[\fB\-I\fR] -[\fB\-k\fR] -[\fB\-V\fR] -[\fB\-t\fR\ term] -[file] -.br -.B tic -[file] -.br -.B captoinfo -[\fB\-t\fR\ term] -[\fB\-OUGdk\fR]] -[file] -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I tconv -converts between the three terminal descriptions, -termcap, terminfo source, and terminfo binary, -that the -.I tinfo -library uses. -It performs the same functions of -.IR captoinfo (1M) -and -.IR tic (1M) -of System V. -It also can be used to generate a terminfo source listing from a terminfo -binary, one of the functions of System V's -.IR infocmp (1M). -.SS Translation Options -.PD 0 -.TP -.B \-c -convert from termcap -.TP -.B \-i -convert from terminfo source -.TP -.B \-b -convert from terminfo binary -.TP -.B \-B -convert to terminfo binary -.TP -.B \-I -convert to terminfo source -.PD -.PP -If a file is specified, one of -.B \-c -or -.B \-i -must specified and the whole file while be translated. -If no file is specified then the input options will only restrict looking -for the terminal to be translated in places likely have descriptions -of the desired type -(ie. with the -.B -c -option in the -.B TERMCAP -environment variable, and in -.IR /etc/termcap , -with the -.B -i -option in the -.B TERMINFO -environment variable, and in -.IR /usr/lib/terminfo ), -otherwise -.I tconv -will look in all available databases. -If neither -.B \-I -or -.B \-B -are given the -.B \-I -option will be assumed. -If the -.B \-B -option is used, the compiled output will be put in the the -terminfo database, otherwise standard output is used. -.PP -You cannot translate from terminfo binary to terminfo binary. -Translating from terminfo source to terminfo source is possible, -but not of much use in most cases, as -.B use= -fields will be followed and incorporated into the output terminal -description. -.PP -.I tconv -should be able translate all standard termcap parameterized strings -terminfo format, but complex strings using GNU's %a code may be -too hard to translate. -If -.I tconv -thinks a termcap string is already in terminfo format (if a %p -code appears in the string), it won't try to translate it. -String capabilities that don't take parameters won't be translated. -.PP -.B -.SS Termcap options -The following options are available when translating termcap entries -(\fB\-c\fR options is used). -.PP -.PD 0 -.TP -.B \-d -don't supply any defaults for missing capabilities -.TP -.B \-O -include obsolete termcap capabilities -.TP -.B \-G -include GNU capabilities -.TP -.B \-U -include UW capabilities -.PD -.SS Other Options -.PD 0 -.TP -.B \-k -keep comments when translating a file -.TP -.B \-V -print version information and exit -.TP -.BI \-D " " dir -directory to put terminfo binaries in -.TP -.BI \-t " " term -terminal name to translate -.PD -.PP -If no terminal specified with the -.B \-t -option, then the terminal name to to translate will be taken from the -environment variable -.BR TERM . -.SH FILES -.PD 0 -.TP 2i -.B /usr/lib/terminfo -The default location to get and put terminfo binaries. -.TP -.B /usr/lib/terminfo/terminfo.src -The default filename of the terminfo source file. -.TP -.B /etc/termcap -The default filename of the termcap database. -.PD -.SH "SEE ALSO" -captoinfo(1M), -tic(1M), -infocmp(1M), -termcap(3), -curses(3X), -term(4), -termcap(4), -terminfo(4). -.SH DIAGNOSTICS -The line number of a warning message when translating a file -may refer to the last line of an entry instead of the line in the entry -that generated the warning. -.SH BUGS -More warning messages could be generated. -.I tconv -can't translate to termcap. Binaries generated will have cancelled -capabilities marked as cancelled, which is incompatible with -System V Release 2.0 terminfo. |