source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/ncurses-widec.xml@ f3a1e98

Last change on this file since f3a1e98 was a268f1f, checked in by Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>, 16 years ago

Add NCurses Widec build.
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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-widec" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="ncurses-widec.html"?>
10
11 <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version; Widec</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec">
14 <primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses Widec</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 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
29 href="ncurses.xml"
30 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p1'])"/>
31
32 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
33 href="ncurses.xml"
34 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p2'])"/>
35
36 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
37 href="ncurses.xml"
38 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/>
39
40<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
41 --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib --with-shared \
42 --without-debug --enable-widec --with-build=gcc=gcc</userinput></screen>
43
44 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
45 href="ncurses.xml"
46 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='c'])"/>
47
48 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
49 href="ncurses.xml"
50 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>
51
52 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
53 href="ncurses.xml"
54 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='e'])"/>
55
56 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
57 href="ncurses.xml"
58 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='f'])"/>
59
60 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
61 href="ncurses.xml"
62 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='g'])"/>
63
64<screen os="h"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw,ncurses++w}.a \
65 ${CLFS}/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
66
67 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
68 href="ncurses.xml"
69 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='i'])"/>
70
71<screen os="j"><userinput>rm -v ${CLFS}/lib/lib{ncursesw,menuw,panelw,formw,cursesw}.so
72ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 /${CLFS}usr/lib/libcursesw.so
73ln -svf ../../lib/libncursesw.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libncursesw.so
74ln -svf ../../lib/libmenuw.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libmenuw.so
75ln -svf ../../lib/libpanelw.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libpanelw.so
76ln -svf ../../lib/libformw.so.5 ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libformw.so</userinput></screen>
77
78 <para os="k">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
79
80<screen os="l"><userinput>chmod -v 755 ${CLFS}/lib/lib{panelw,menuw,formw,ncursesw}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
81
82 </sect2>
83
84 <sect2 id="contents-ncurses-widec" role="content">
85 <title>Contents of Ncurses Widec</title>
86
87 <segmentedlist>
88 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
89 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
90
91 <seglistitem>
92 <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
93 ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
94 <seg>libcursesw.so (link to libncurses.so), libformw.[a,so],
95 libmenuw.[a,so], libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.[a,so], and
96 libpanelw.[a,so]</seg>
97 </seglistitem>
98 </segmentedlist>
99
100 <variablelist>
101 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
102 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
103 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
104
105 <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
106 <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
109 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec captoinfo">
110 <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
111 </indexterm>
112 </listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114
115 <varlistentry id="clear">
116 <term><command>clear</command></term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
119 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec clear">
120 <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
121 </indexterm>
122 </listitem>
123 </varlistentry>
124
125 <varlistentry id="infocmp">
126 <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
127 <listitem>
128 <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec infocmp">
130 <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
131 </indexterm>
132 </listitem>
133 </varlistentry>
134
135 <varlistentry id="infotocap">
136 <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
137 <listitem>
138 <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
139 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec infotocap">
140 <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
141 </indexterm>
142 </listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
145 <varlistentry id="ncursesw5-config">
146 <term><command>ncursesw5-config</command></term>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>Provides configuration information for ncurses</para>
149 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec ncursesw5-config">
150 <primary sortas="b-ncursesw5-config">ncursesw5-config</primary>
151 </indexterm>
152 </listitem>
153 </varlistentry>
154
155 <varlistentry id="reset">
156 <term><command>reset</command></term>
157 <listitem>
158 <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec reset">
160 <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
161 </indexterm>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry id="tack">
166 <term><command>tack</command></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
169 accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
170 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec tack">
171 <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
172 </indexterm>
173 </listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175
176 <varlistentry id="tic">
177 <term><command>tic</command></term>
178 <listitem>
179 <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
180 terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
181 ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
182 capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
183 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec tic">
184 <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="toe">
190 <term><command>toe</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
193 description for each</para>
194 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec toe">
195 <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199
200 <varlistentry id="tput">
201 <term><command>tput</command></term>
202 <listitem>
203 <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
204 the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
205 report its long name</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec tput">
207 <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="tset">
213 <term><command>tset</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec tset">
217 <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="libcursesw">
223 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcursesw</filename></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>A link to <filename>libncursesw</filename></para>
226 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec libcursesw">
227 <primary sortas="c-libcursesw">libcursesw</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="libncursesw">
233 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
236 terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
237 menu displayed during the kernel's
238 <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
239 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec libncursesw">
240 <primary sortas="c-libncursesw">libncursesw</primary>
241 </indexterm>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry id="libformw">
246 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libformw</filename></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec libformw">
250 <primary sortas="c-libform">libformw</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="libmenuw">
256 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenuw</filename></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
259 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec libmenuw">
260 <primary sortas="c-libmenuw">libmenuw</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="libpanelw">
266 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanelw</filename></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
269 <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses-widec libpanelw">
270 <primary sortas="c-libpanelw">libpanelw</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 </variablelist>
276
277 </sect2>
278
279</sect1>
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