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diff --git a/man5/termcap.5 b/man5/termcap.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 8aefa68..0000000 --- a/man5/termcap.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,466 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), -.\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.\" Modified formatting Sat Jul 24 17:13:38 1993, Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified (extensions and corrections) -.\" Sun May 1 14:21:25 MET DST 1994 Michael Haardt -.\" If mistakes in the capabilities are found, please send a bug report to: -.\" michael@moria.de -.\" Modified Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com) -.TH termcap 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -termcap \- terminal capability database -.SH DESCRIPTION -The termcap database is an obsolete facility for describing the -capabilities of character-cell terminals and printers. -It is retained only for compatibility with old programs; -new programs should use the -.BR terminfo (5) -database and associated libraries. -.P -.I /etc/termcap -is an ASCII file (the database master) that lists the capabilities of -many different types of terminals. -Programs can read termcap to find -the particular escape codes needed to control the visual attributes of -the terminal actually in use. -(Other aspects of the terminal are -handled by -.BR stty (1).) -The termcap database is indexed on the -.B TERM -environment variable. -.P -Termcap entries must be defined on a single logical line, with \[aq]\e\[aq] -used to suppress the newline. -Fields are separated by \[aq]:\[aq]. -The first field of each entry starts at the left-hand margin, -and contains a list of names for the terminal, separated by \[aq]|\[aq]. -.P -The first subfield may (in BSD termcap entries from 4.3BSD and -earlier) contain a short name consisting of two characters. -This short name may consist of capital or small letters. -In 4.4BSD, termcap entries this field is omitted. -.P -The second subfield (first, in the newer 4.4BSD format) contains the -name used by the environment variable -.BR TERM . -It should be spelled in lowercase letters. -Selectable hardware capabilities should be marked -by appending a hyphen and a suffix to this name. -See below for an example. -Usual suffixes are w (more than 80 characters wide), am -(automatic margins), nam (no automatic margins), and rv (reverse video -display). -The third subfield contains a long and descriptive name for -this termcap entry. -.P -Subsequent fields contain the terminal capabilities; any continued -capability lines must be indented one tab from the left margin. -.P -Although there is no defined order, it is suggested to write first -boolean, then numeric, and then string capabilities, each sorted -alphabetically without looking at lower or upper spelling. -Capabilities of similar functions can be written in one line. -.P -Example for: -.nf -.P -Head line: vt|vt101|DEC VT 101 terminal in 80 character mode:\e -Head line: Vt|vt101-w|DEC VT 101 terminal in (wide) 132 character mode:\e -Boolean: :bs:\e -Numeric: :co#80:\e -String: :sr=\eE[H:\e -.fi -.SS Boolean capabilities -.nf -5i Printer will not echo on screen -am Automatic margins which means automatic line wrap -bs Control-H (8 dec.) performs a backspace -bw Backspace on left margin wraps to previous line and right margin -da Display retained above screen -db Display retained below screen -eo A space erases all characters at cursor position -es Escape sequences and special characters work in status line -gn Generic device -hc This is a hardcopy terminal -HC The cursor is hard to see when not on bottom line -hs Has a status line -hz Hazeltine bug, the terminal can not print tilde characters -in Terminal inserts null bytes, not spaces, to fill whitespace -km Terminal has a meta key -mi Cursor movement works in insert mode -ms Cursor movement works in standout/underline mode -NP No pad character -NR ti does not reverse te -nx No padding, must use XON/XOFF -os Terminal can overstrike -ul Terminal underlines although it can not overstrike -xb Beehive glitch, f1 sends ESCAPE, f2 sends \fB\[ha]C\fP -xn Newline/wraparound glitch -xo Terminal uses xon/xoff protocol -xs Text typed over standout text will be displayed in standout -xt Teleray glitch, destructive tabs and odd standout mode -.fi -.SS Numeric capabilities -.nf -co Number of columns -dB Delay in milliseconds for backspace on hardcopy terminals -dC Delay in milliseconds for carriage return on hardcopy terminals -dF Delay in milliseconds for form feed on hardcopy terminals -dN Delay in milliseconds for new line on hardcopy terminals -dT Delay in milliseconds for tabulator stop on hardcopy terminals -dV Delay in milliseconds for vertical tabulator stop on - hardcopy terminals -it Difference between tab positions -lh Height of soft labels -lm Lines of memory -lw Width of soft labels -li Number of lines -Nl Number of soft labels -pb Lowest baud rate which needs padding -sg Standout glitch -ug Underline glitch -vt virtual terminal number -ws Width of status line if different from screen width -.fi -.SS String capabilities -.nf -!1 shifted save key -!2 shifted suspend key -!3 shifted undo key -#1 shifted help key -#2 shifted home key -#3 shifted input key -#4 shifted cursor left key -%0 redo key -%1 help key -%2 mark key -%3 message key -%4 move key -%5 next-object key -%6 open key -%7 options key -%8 previous-object key -%9 print key -%a shifted message key -%b shifted move key -%c shifted next key -%d shifted options key -%e shifted previous key -%f shifted print key -%g shifted redo key -%h shifted replace key -%i shifted cursor right key -%j shifted resume key -&0 shifted cancel key -&1 reference key -&2 refresh key -&3 replace key -&4 restart key -&5 resume key -&6 save key -&7 suspend key -&8 undo key -&9 shifted begin key -*0 shifted find key -*1 shifted command key -*2 shifted copy key -*3 shifted create key -*4 shifted delete character -*5 shifted delete line -*6 select key -*7 shifted end key -*8 shifted clear line key -*9 shifted exit key -@0 find key -@1 begin key -@2 cancel key -@3 close key -@4 command key -@5 copy key -@6 create key -@7 end key -@8 enter/send key -@9 exit key -al Insert one line -AL Insert %1 lines -ac Pairs of block graphic characters to map alternate character set -ae End alternative character set -as Start alternative character set for block graphic characters -bc Backspace, if not \fB\[ha]H\fP -bl Audio bell -bt Move to previous tab stop -cb Clear from beginning of line to cursor -cc Dummy command character -cd Clear to end of screen -ce Clear to end of line -ch Move cursor horizontally only to column %1 -cl Clear screen and cursor home -cm Cursor move to row %1 and column %2 (on screen) -CM Move cursor to row %1 and column %2 (in memory) -cr Carriage return -cs Scroll region from line %1 to %2 -ct Clear tabs -cv Move cursor vertically only to line %1 -dc Delete one character -DC Delete %1 characters -dl Delete one line -DL Delete %1 lines -dm Begin delete mode -do Cursor down one line -DO Cursor down #1 lines -ds Disable status line -eA Enable alternate character set -ec Erase %1 characters starting at cursor -ed End delete mode -ei End insert mode -ff Formfeed character on hardcopy terminals -fs Return character to its position before going to status line -F1 The string sent by function key f11 -F2 The string sent by function key f12 -F3 The string sent by function key f13 -\&... \&... -F9 The string sent by function key f19 -FA The string sent by function key f20 -FB The string sent by function key f21 -\&... \&... -FZ The string sent by function key f45 -Fa The string sent by function key f46 -Fb The string sent by function key f47 -\&... \&... -Fr The string sent by function key f63 -hd Move cursor a half line down -ho Cursor home -hu Move cursor a half line up -i1 Initialization string 1 at login -i3 Initialization string 3 at login -is Initialization string 2 at login -ic Insert one character -IC Insert %1 characters -if Initialization file -im Begin insert mode -ip Insert pad time and needed special characters after insert -iP Initialization program -K1 upper left key on keypad -K2 center key on keypad -K3 upper right key on keypad -K4 bottom left key on keypad -K5 bottom right key on keypad -k0 Function key 0 -k1 Function key 1 -k2 Function key 2 -k3 Function key 3 -k4 Function key 4 -k5 Function key 5 -k6 Function key 6 -k7 Function key 7 -k8 Function key 8 -k9 Function key 9 -k; Function key 10 -ka Clear all tabs key -kA Insert line key -kb Backspace key -kB Back tab stop -kC Clear screen key -kd Cursor down key -kD Key for delete character under cursor -ke turn keypad off -kE Key for clear to end of line -kF Key for scrolling forward/down -kh Cursor home key -kH Cursor hown down key -kI Insert character/Insert mode key -kl Cursor left key -kL Key for delete line -kM Key for exit insert mode -kN Key for next page -kP Key for previous page -kr Cursor right key -kR Key for scrolling backward/up -ks Turn keypad on -kS Clear to end of screen key -kt Clear this tab key -kT Set tab here key -ku Cursor up key -l0 Label of zeroth function key, if not f0 -l1 Label of first function key, if not f1 -l2 Label of first function key, if not f2 -\&... \&... -la Label of tenth function key, if not f10 -le Cursor left one character -ll Move cursor to lower left corner -LE Cursor left %1 characters -LF Turn soft labels off -LO Turn soft labels on -mb Start blinking -MC Clear soft margins -md Start bold mode -me End all mode like so, us, mb, md, and mr -mh Start half bright mode -mk Dark mode (Characters invisible) -ML Set left soft margin -mm Put terminal in meta mode -mo Put terminal out of meta mode -mp Turn on protected attribute -mr Start reverse mode -MR Set right soft margin -nd Cursor right one character -nw Carriage return command -pc Padding character -pf Turn printer off -pk Program key %1 to send string %2 as if typed by user -pl Program key %1 to execute string %2 in local mode -pn Program soft label %1 to show string %2 -po Turn the printer on -pO Turn the printer on for %1 (<256) bytes -ps Print screen contents on printer -px Program key %1 to send string %2 to computer -r1 Reset string 1 to set terminal to sane modes -r2 Reset string 2 to set terminal to sane modes -r3 Reset string 3 to set terminal to sane modes -RA disable automatic margins -rc Restore saved cursor position -rf Reset string filename -RF Request for input from terminal -RI Cursor right %1 characters -rp Repeat character %1 for %2 times -rP Padding after character sent in replace mode -rs Reset string -RX Turn off XON/XOFF flow control -sa Set %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 attributes -SA enable automatic margins -sc Save cursor position -se End standout mode -sf Normal scroll one line -SF Normal scroll %1 lines -so Start standout mode -sr Reverse scroll -SR scroll back %1 lines -st Set tabulator stop in all rows at current column -SX Turn on XON/XOFF flow control -ta move to next hardware tab -tc Read in terminal description from another entry -te End program that uses cursor motion -ti Begin program that uses cursor motion -ts Move cursor to column %1 of status line -uc Underline character under cursor and move cursor right -ue End underlining -up Cursor up one line -UP Cursor up %1 lines -us Start underlining -vb Visible bell -ve Normal cursor visible -vi Cursor invisible -vs Standout cursor -wi Set window from line %1 to %2 and column %3 to %4 -XF XOFF character if not \fB\[ha]S\fP -.fi -.P -There are several ways of defining the control codes for string capabilities: -.P -Every normal character represents itself, -except \[aq]\[ha]\[aq], \[aq]\e\[aq], and \[aq]%\[aq]. -.P -A \fB\[ha]x\fP means Control-x. -Control-A equals 1 decimal. -.P -\ex means a special code. -x can be one of the following characters: -.RS -E Escape (27) -.br -n Linefeed (10) -.br -r Carriage return (13) -.br -t Tabulation (9) -.br -b Backspace (8) -.br -f Form feed (12) -.br -0 Null character. -A \exxx specifies the octal character xxx. -.RE -.TP -i -Increments parameters by one. -.TP -r -Single parameter capability -.TP -+ -Add value of next character to this parameter and do binary output -.TP -2 -Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 2 -.TP -d -Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 3 -.TP -% -Print a \[aq]%\[aq] -.P -If you use binary output, -then you should avoid the null character (\[aq]\e0\[aq]) -because it terminates the string. -You should reset tabulator expansion -if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter. -.TP -Warning: -The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong: they document Minix -termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap. -.P -The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities: -.TP -as -start the alternative charset -.TP -ae -end the alternative charset -.TP -ac -pairs of characters. -The first character is the name of the block graphic -symbol and the second characters is its definition. -.P -The following names are available: -.P -.nf -+ right arrow (>) -, left arrow (<) -\&. down arrow (v) -0 full square (#) -I lantern (#) -- upper arrow (\[ha]) -\&' rhombus (+) -a chess board (:) -f degree (') -g plus-minus (#) -h square (#) -j right bottom corner (+) -k right upper corner (+) -l left upper corner (+) -m left bottom corner (+) -n cross (+) -o upper horizontal line (-) -q middle horizontal line (-) -s bottom horizontal line (_) -t left tee (+) -u right tee (+) -v bottom tee (+) -w normal tee (+) -x vertical line (|) -\[ti] paragraph (???) -.fi -.P -The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by the -.I curses -library, if the capabilities are missing. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR ncurses (3), -.BR termcap (3), -.BR terminfo (5) |