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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 | <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 | <segmentedlist>
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24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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25 |
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26 | <seglistitem>
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27 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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28 | Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
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29 | </seglistitem>
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30 | </segmentedlist>
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31 |
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32 | </sect2>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation">
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35 | <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
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38 |
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39 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
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40 | --with-shared --without-debug</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para os="b">Compile the package:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen os="c"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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47 |
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48 | <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
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49 |
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50 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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51 |
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52 | <para os="g">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper locations:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <screen os="h"><userinput>mv /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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55 |
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56 | <para os="i">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
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57 |
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58 | <screen os="j"><userinput>rm /lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
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59 | ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
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60 | ln -sf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenu.so
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61 | ln -sf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanel.so
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62 | ln -sf ../../lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
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63 |
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64 | <para os="k">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
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65 |
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66 | <screen os="l"><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | </sect2>
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69 |
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70 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
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71 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
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72 |
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73 | <segmentedlist>
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74 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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75 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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76 |
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77 | <seglistitem>
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78 | <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
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79 | reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
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80 | <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
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81 | libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
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82 | libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
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83 | </seglistitem>
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84 | </segmentedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <variablelist>
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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88 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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89 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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90 |
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91 | <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
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92 | <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
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96 | <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
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97 | </indexterm>
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98 | </listitem>
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99 | </varlistentry>
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100 |
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101 | <varlistentry id="clear">
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102 | <term><command>clear</command></term>
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103 | <listitem>
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104 | <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
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105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
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106 | <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</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="infocmp">
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112 | <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
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113 | <listitem>
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114 | <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
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115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
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116 | <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</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="infotocap">
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122 | <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
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123 | <listitem>
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124 | <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
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125 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
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126 | <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</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="reset">
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132 | <term><command>reset</command></term>
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133 | <listitem>
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134 | <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
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135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
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136 | <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</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="tack">
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142 | <term><command>tack</command></term>
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143 | <listitem>
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144 | <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
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145 | accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
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146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
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147 | <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
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148 | </indexterm>
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149 | </listitem>
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150 | </varlistentry>
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151 |
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152 | <varlistentry id="tic">
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153 | <term><command>tic</command></term>
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154 | <listitem>
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155 | <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
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156 | terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
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157 | ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
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158 | capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
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159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
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160 | <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
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161 | </indexterm>
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162 | </listitem>
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163 | </varlistentry>
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164 |
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165 | <varlistentry id="toe">
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166 | <term><command>toe</command></term>
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167 | <listitem>
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168 | <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
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169 | description for each</para>
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170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
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171 | <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
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172 | </indexterm>
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173 | </listitem>
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174 | </varlistentry>
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175 |
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176 | <varlistentry id="tput">
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177 | <term><command>tput</command></term>
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
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180 | the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
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181 | report its long name</para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
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183 | <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="tset">
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189 | <term><command>tset</command></term>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="libcurses">
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199 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
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202 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
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203 | <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
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204 | </indexterm>
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205 | </listitem>
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206 | </varlistentry>
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207 |
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208 | <varlistentry id="libncurses">
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209 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
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210 | <listitem>
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211 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
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212 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
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213 | menu displayed during the kernel's
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214 | <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
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215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
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216 | <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
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217 | </indexterm>
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218 | </listitem>
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219 | </varlistentry>
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220 |
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221 | <varlistentry id="libform">
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222 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
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223 | <listitem>
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224 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
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225 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
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226 | <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
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227 | </indexterm>
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228 | </listitem>
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229 | </varlistentry>
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230 |
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231 | <varlistentry id="libmenu">
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232 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
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233 | <listitem>
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234 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
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235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
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236 | <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
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237 | </indexterm>
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238 | </listitem>
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239 | </varlistentry>
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240 |
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241 | <varlistentry id="libpanel">
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242 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
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243 | <listitem>
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244 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
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245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
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246 | <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
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247 | </indexterm>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 | </varlistentry>
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250 |
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251 | </variablelist>
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252 |
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253 | </sect2>
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254 |
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255 | </sect1>
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