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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?>
10
11  <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses">
14    <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent
21    handling of character screens.</para>
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
27
28    <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the &ncurses-version; branch
29    by the Ncurses developers:</para>
30
31<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
32
33    <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
34
35<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
36    --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec \
37    --with-manpage-format=normal</userinput></screen>
38
39    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
40
41<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
42
43    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
44
45    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
46
47<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
48
49    <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
50
51<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
52
53    <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
54
55<screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw}.so
56ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so
57ln -svf ../../lib/libmenuw.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenuw.so
58ln -svf ../../lib/libpanelw.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanelw.so
59ln -svf ../../lib/libformw.so.5 /usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen>
60
61    <para os="l">Now we will make our Ncurses compatible for older and non-widec compatible programs
62    can build properly:</para>
63
64<screen os="m"><userinput>for lib in curses ncurses form panel menu ; do
65        echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
66        ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
67done
68ln -sfv libncursesw.so /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
69ln -sfv libncursesw.a /usr/lib/libcursesw.a
70ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a
71ln -sfv ncursesw5-config /usr/bin/ncurses5-config</userinput></screen>
72
73    <para os="n">Now we will create a symlink for /usr/share/terminfo in
74    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for compatibility:</para>
75
76<screen os="o"><userinput>ln -sfv ../share/terminfo /usr/lib/terminfo</userinput></screen>
77
78  </sect2>
79
80  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
81    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
82
83    <segmentedlist>
84      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
85      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
86
87      <seglistitem>
88        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
89        ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
90        <seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncursesw.so), libformw.[a,so],
91        libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and
92        libpanelw.[a,so]</seg>
93      </seglistitem>
94    </segmentedlist>
95
96    <variablelist>
97      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
98      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
99      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
100
101      <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
102        <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
103        <listitem>
104          <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
105          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
106            <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
107          </indexterm>
108        </listitem>
109      </varlistentry>
110
111      <varlistentry id="clear">
112        <term><command>clear</command></term>
113        <listitem>
114          <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
115          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
116            <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
117          </indexterm>
118        </listitem>
119      </varlistentry>
120
121      <varlistentry id="infocmp">
122        <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
123        <listitem>
124          <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
125          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
126            <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
127          </indexterm>
128        </listitem>
129      </varlistentry>
130
131      <varlistentry id="infotocap">
132        <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
133        <listitem>
134          <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
135          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
136            <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
137          </indexterm>
138        </listitem>
139      </varlistentry>
140
141      <varlistentry id="ncursesw5-config">
142        <term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term>
143        <listitem>
144          <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
145          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses ncursesw5-config">
146            <primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary>
147          </indexterm>
148        </listitem>
149      </varlistentry>
150
151      <varlistentry id="reset">
152        <term><command>reset</command></term>
153        <listitem>
154          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
155          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
156            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
157          </indexterm>
158        </listitem>
159      </varlistentry>
160
161      <varlistentry id="tabs">
162        <term><command>tabs</command></term>
163        <listitem>
164          <para>Sets and clears tab stops on a terminal</para>
165          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tabs">
166            <primary sortas="b-tabs">tabs</primary>
167          </indexterm>
168        </listitem>
169      </varlistentry>
170
171      <varlistentry id="tic">
172        <term><command>tic</command></term>
173        <listitem>
174          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
175          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
176          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
177          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
178          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
179            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
180          </indexterm>
181        </listitem>
182      </varlistentry>
183
184      <varlistentry id="toe">
185        <term><command>toe</command></term>
186        <listitem>
187          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
188          description for each</para>
189          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
190            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
191          </indexterm>
192        </listitem>
193      </varlistentry>
194
195      <varlistentry id="tput">
196        <term><command>tput</command></term>
197        <listitem>
198          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
199          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
200          report its long name</para>
201          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
202            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
203          </indexterm>
204        </listitem>
205      </varlistentry>
206
207      <varlistentry id="tset">
208        <term><command>tset</command></term>
209        <listitem>
210          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
211          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
212            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
213          </indexterm>
214        </listitem>
215      </varlistentry>
216
217      <varlistentry id="libcursesw">
218        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
219        <listitem>
220          <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
221          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcursesw">
222            <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
223          </indexterm>
224        </listitem>
225      </varlistentry>
226
227      <varlistentry id="libncursesw">
228        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
229        <listitem>
230          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
231          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
232          menu displayed during the kernel's
233          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
234          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncursesw">
235            <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
236          </indexterm>
237        </listitem>
238      </varlistentry>
239
240      <varlistentry id="libformw">
241        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
242        <listitem>
243          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
244          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libformw">
245            <primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary>
246          </indexterm>
247        </listitem>
248      </varlistentry>
249
250      <varlistentry id="libmenuw">
251        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
252        <listitem>
253          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
254          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenuw">
255            <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
256          </indexterm>
257        </listitem>
258      </varlistentry>
259
260      <varlistentry id="libpanelw">
261        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
262        <listitem>
263          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
264          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanelw">
265            <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
266          </indexterm>
267        </listitem>
268      </varlistentry>
269
270    </variablelist>
271
272  </sect2>
273
274</sect1>
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