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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 os="b"><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="c">Compile the package:</para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper location:</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++,curses}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
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| 59 | ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libcurses.so
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| 60 | ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
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| 61 | ln -svf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenu.so
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| 62 | ln -svf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanel.so
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| 63 | ln -svf ../../lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para os="l">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <screen os="m"><userinput>chmod -v 755 /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </sect2>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
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| 72 | <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <segmentedlist>
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| 75 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 76 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <seglistitem>
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| 79 | <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
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| 80 | reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
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| 81 | <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
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| 82 | libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
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| 83 | libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
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| 84 | </seglistitem>
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| 85 | </segmentedlist>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <variablelist>
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 89 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 90 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
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| 93 | <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
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| 96 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
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| 97 | <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
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| 98 | </indexterm>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | </varlistentry>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <varlistentry id="clear">
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| 103 | <term><command>clear</command></term>
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| 104 | <listitem>
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| 105 | <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
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| 106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
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| 107 | <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
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| 108 | </indexterm>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <varlistentry id="infocmp">
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| 113 | <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
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| 114 | <listitem>
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| 115 | <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
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| 116 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
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| 117 | <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
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| 118 | </indexterm>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 | </varlistentry>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <varlistentry id="infotocap">
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| 123 | <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
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| 126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
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| 127 | <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
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| 128 | </indexterm>
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| 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <varlistentry id="reset">
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| 133 | <term><command>reset</command></term>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
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| 136 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
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| 137 | <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
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| 138 | </indexterm>
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| 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <varlistentry id="tack">
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| 143 | <term><command>tack</command></term>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
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| 146 | accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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| 150 | </listitem>
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| 151 | </varlistentry>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="tic">
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| 154 | <term><command>tic</command></term>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
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| 157 | terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
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| 158 | ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
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| 159 | capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="toe">
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| 167 | <term><command>toe</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
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| 170 | description for each</para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="tput">
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| 178 | <term><command>tput</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
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| 181 | the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
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| 182 | report its long name</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="tset">
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| 190 | <term><command>tset</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="libcurses">
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| 200 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
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| 204 | <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="libncurses">
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| 210 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
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| 211 | <listitem>
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| 212 | <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
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| 213 | terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
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| 214 | menu displayed during the kernel's
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| 215 | <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
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| 216 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
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| 217 | <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
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| 218 | </indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="libform">
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| 223 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
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| 227 | <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
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| 228 | </indexterm>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <varlistentry id="libmenu">
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| 233 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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| 235 | <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="libpanel">
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| 243 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
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| 247 | <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
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| 248 | </indexterm>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | </variablelist>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | </sect2>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | </sect1>
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