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[3f8be484] | 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 | </sect2> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 26 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title> |
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| 27 | |
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[b8928b0] | 28 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the &ncurses-version; branch |
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| 29 | by the Ncurses developers:</para> |
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[0f7e9ab] | 30 | |
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| 31 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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| 32 | |
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[3f8be484] | 33 | <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para> |
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| 34 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 35 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \ |
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[72d93f3] | 36 | --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec \ |
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| 37 | --with-manpage-format=normal</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 38 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 39 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 40 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 41 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 42 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 43 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 44 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 45 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 46 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 47 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 48 | |
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[380c903] | 49 | <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 50 | |
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[7cb0700] | 51 | <screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 52 | |
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[e0e40d3] | 53 | <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para> |
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[3f8be484] | 54 | |
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[b09c166] | 55 | <screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw}.so |
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[7cb0700] | 56 | ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so |
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| 57 | ln -svf ../../lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so |
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| 58 | ln -svf ../../lib/libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so |
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| 59 | ln -svf ../../lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen> |
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| 60 | |
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[50af1be] | 61 | <para os="l">Now we will make our Ncurses compatible for older and non-widec compatible programs |
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| 62 | can build properly:</para> |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | <screen os="m"><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do |
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| 65 | echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so |
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| 66 | ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a |
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| 67 | done |
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[fa83a6b] | 68 | ln -sfv libncursesw.so /usr/lib/libcursesw.so |
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[50af1be] | 69 | ln -sfv libncursesw.a /usr/lib/libcursesw.a |
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| 70 | ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a |
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[895190c] | 71 | ln -sfv ncursesw5-config /usr/bin/ncurses5-config</userinput></screen> |
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[50af1be] | 72 | |
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| 73 | <para os="n">Now we will create a symlink for /usr/share/terminfo in |
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[7cb0700] | 74 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for compatibility:</para> |
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| 75 | |
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[45fe31b] | 76 | <screen os="o"><userinput>ln -sfv ../share/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 77 | |
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| 78 | </sect2> |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"> |
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| 81 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 84 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 85 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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| 86 | |
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| 87 | <seglistitem> |
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[7cb0700] | 88 | <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic), |
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[427015f] | 89 | ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg> |
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| 90 | <seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncursesw.so), libformw.[a,so], |
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[7cb0700] | 91 | libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and |
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| 92 | libpanelw.[a,so]</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 93 | </seglistitem> |
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| 94 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 95 | |
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| 96 | <variablelist> |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 98 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 99 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 100 | |
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[7cb0700] | 101 | <varlistentry id="captoinfo"> |
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| 102 | <term><command>captoinfo</command></term> |
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| 103 | <listitem> |
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| 104 | <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para> |
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| 105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"> |
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| 106 | <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary> |
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| 107 | </indexterm> |
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| 108 | </listitem> |
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| 109 | </varlistentry> |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | <varlistentry id="clear"> |
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| 112 | <term><command>clear</command></term> |
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| 113 | <listitem> |
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| 114 | <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para> |
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| 115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"> |
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| 116 | <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary> |
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| 117 | </indexterm> |
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| 118 | </listitem> |
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| 119 | </varlistentry> |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | <varlistentry id="infocmp"> |
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| 122 | <term><command>infocmp</command></term> |
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| 123 | <listitem> |
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| 124 | <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para> |
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| 125 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"> |
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| 126 | <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary> |
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| 127 | </indexterm> |
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| 128 | </listitem> |
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| 129 | </varlistentry> |
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| 130 | |
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| 131 | <varlistentry id="infotocap"> |
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| 132 | <term><command>infotocap</command></term> |
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| 133 | <listitem> |
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| 134 | <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para> |
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"> |
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| 136 | <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary> |
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| 137 | </indexterm> |
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| 138 | </listitem> |
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| 139 | </varlistentry> |
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| 140 | |
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="ncursesw5-config"> |
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| 142 | <term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term> |
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[1c62f2a] | 143 | <listitem> |
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| 144 | <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para> |
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[7cb0700] | 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw5-config"> |
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| 146 | <primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary> |
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| 147 | </indexterm> |
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| 148 | </listitem> |
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| 149 | </varlistentry> |
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| 150 | |
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| 151 | <varlistentry id="reset"> |
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| 152 | <term><command>reset</command></term> |
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| 153 | <listitem> |
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| 154 | <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para> |
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| 155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"> |
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| 156 | <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary> |
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| 157 | </indexterm> |
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| 158 | </listitem> |
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| 159 | </varlistentry> |
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| 160 | |
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[427015f] | 161 | <varlistentry id="tabs"> |
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| 162 | <term><command>tabs</command></term> |
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[7cb0700] | 163 | <listitem> |
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[427015f] | 164 | <para>Sets and clears tab stops on a terminal</para> |
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs"> |
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary> |
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[7cb0700] | 167 | </indexterm> |
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| 168 | </listitem> |
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| 169 | </varlistentry> |
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| 170 | |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="tic"> |
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| 172 | <term><command>tic</command></term> |
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| 173 | <listitem> |
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| 174 | <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a |
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| 175 | terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the |
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| 176 | ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the |
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| 177 | capabilities of a certain terminal</para> |
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"> |
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary> |
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| 180 | </indexterm> |
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| 181 | </listitem> |
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| 182 | </varlistentry> |
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| 183 | |
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| 184 | <varlistentry id="toe"> |
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| 185 | <term><command>toe</command></term> |
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| 186 | <listitem> |
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| 187 | <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and |
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| 188 | description for each</para> |
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"> |
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary> |
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| 191 | </indexterm> |
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| 192 | </listitem> |
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| 193 | </varlistentry> |
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| 194 | |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="tput"> |
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| 196 | <term><command>tput</command></term> |
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| 197 | <listitem> |
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| 198 | <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to |
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| 199 | the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or |
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| 200 | report its long name</para> |
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"> |
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| 202 | <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary> |
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| 203 | </indexterm> |
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| 204 | </listitem> |
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| 205 | </varlistentry> |
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| 206 | |
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| 207 | <varlistentry id="tset"> |
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| 208 | <term><command>tset</command></term> |
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| 209 | <listitem> |
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| 210 | <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para> |
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"> |
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| 212 | <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary> |
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[1c62f2a] | 213 | </indexterm> |
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| 214 | </listitem> |
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| 215 | </varlistentry> |
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| 216 | |
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[7cb0700] | 217 | <varlistentry id="libcursesw"> |
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| 218 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 219 | <listitem> |
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[7cb0700] | 220 | <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para> |
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw"> |
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| 222 | <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 223 | </indexterm> |
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| 224 | </listitem> |
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| 225 | </varlistentry> |
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| 226 | |
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[7cb0700] | 227 | <varlistentry id="libncursesw"> |
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| 228 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 229 | <listitem> |
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| 230 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a |
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| 231 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the |
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| 232 | menu displayed during the kernel's |
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| 233 | <command>make menuconfig</command></para> |
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[7cb0700] | 234 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw"> |
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| 235 | <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 236 | </indexterm> |
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| 237 | </listitem> |
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| 238 | </varlistentry> |
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| 239 | |
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[7cb0700] | 240 | <varlistentry id="libformw"> |
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| 241 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 242 | <listitem> |
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| 243 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para> |
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[7cb0700] | 244 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw"> |
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| 245 | <primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 246 | </indexterm> |
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| 247 | </listitem> |
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| 248 | </varlistentry> |
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| 249 | |
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[7cb0700] | 250 | <varlistentry id="libmenuw"> |
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| 251 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 252 | <listitem> |
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| 253 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para> |
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[7cb0700] | 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw"> |
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| 255 | <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 256 | </indexterm> |
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| 257 | </listitem> |
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| 258 | </varlistentry> |
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| 259 | |
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[7cb0700] | 260 | <varlistentry id="libpanelw"> |
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| 261 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 262 | <listitem> |
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| 263 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para> |
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[7cb0700] | 264 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw"> |
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| 265 | <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 266 | </indexterm> |
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| 267 | </listitem> |
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| 268 | </varlistentry> |
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| 269 | |
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| 270 | </variablelist> |
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| 271 | |
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| 272 | </sect2> |
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| 273 | |
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| 274 | </sect1> |
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