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r1167@server (orig r1165): chris | 2006-02-11 08:13:02 -0800
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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    <segmentedlist>
24      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26      <seglistitem>
27        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
28        Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
29      </seglistitem>
30    </segmentedlist>
31
32  </sect2>
33
34  <sect2 role="installation">
35    <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
36
37    <para os="a">Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
38
39<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \
40    --with-shared --without-debug</userinput></screen>
41
42    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
43
44<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
45
46    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
47
48    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
49
50<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
51
52    <para os="h">Move the Ncurses static libraries to the proper locations:</para>
53
54<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses,ncurses++,curses}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
55
56    <para os="j">Create symlinks in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib:</filename></para>
57
58<screen os="k"><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{ncurses,menu,panel,form,curses}.so
59ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libcurses.so
60ln -svf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
61ln -svf ../../lib/libmenu.so.5 /usr/lib/libmenu.so
62ln -svf ../../lib/libpanel.so.5 /usr/lib/libpanel.so
63ln -svf ../../lib/libform.so.5 /usr/lib/libform.so</userinput></screen>
64
65    <para os="l">Give the Ncurses libraries execute permissions:</para>
66
67<screen os="m"><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{panel,menu,form,ncurses}.so.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
68
69  </sect2>
70
71  <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content">
72    <title>Contents of Ncurses</title>
73
74    <segmentedlist>
75      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
76      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
77
78      <seglistitem>
79        <seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic),
80        reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
81        <seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so],
82        libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and
83        libpanel.[a,so]</seg>
84      </seglistitem>
85    </segmentedlist>
86
87    <variablelist>
88      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
89      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
90      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
91
92      <varlistentry id="captoinfo">
93        <term><command>captoinfo</command></term>
94        <listitem>
95          <para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para>
96          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo">
97            <primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary>
98          </indexterm>
99        </listitem>
100      </varlistentry>
101
102      <varlistentry id="clear">
103        <term><command>clear</command></term>
104        <listitem>
105          <para>Clears the screen, if possible</para>
106          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear">
107            <primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary>
108          </indexterm>
109        </listitem>
110      </varlistentry>
111
112      <varlistentry id="infocmp">
113        <term><command>infocmp</command></term>
114        <listitem>
115          <para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para>
116          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp">
117            <primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary>
118          </indexterm>
119        </listitem>
120      </varlistentry>
121
122      <varlistentry id="infotocap">
123        <term><command>infotocap</command></term>
124        <listitem>
125          <para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para>
126          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap">
127            <primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary>
128          </indexterm>
129        </listitem>
130      </varlistentry>
131
132      <varlistentry id="reset">
133        <term><command>reset</command></term>
134        <listitem>
135          <para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para>
136          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset">
137            <primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary>
138          </indexterm>
139        </listitem>
140      </varlistentry>
141
142      <varlistentry id="tack">
143        <term><command>tack</command></term>
144        <listitem>
145          <para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the
146          accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para>
147          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack">
148            <primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary>
149          </indexterm>
150        </listitem>
151      </varlistentry>
152
153      <varlistentry id="tic">
154        <term><command>tic</command></term>
155        <listitem>
156          <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
157          terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
158          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
159          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
160          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
161            <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
162          </indexterm>
163        </listitem>
164      </varlistentry>
165
166      <varlistentry id="toe">
167        <term><command>toe</command></term>
168        <listitem>
169          <para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and
170          description for each</para>
171          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe">
172            <primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary>
173          </indexterm>
174        </listitem>
175      </varlistentry>
176
177      <varlistentry id="tput">
178        <term><command>tput</command></term>
179        <listitem>
180          <para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to
181          the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or
182          report its long name</para>
183          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput">
184            <primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary>
185          </indexterm>
186        </listitem>
187      </varlistentry>
188
189      <varlistentry id="tset">
190        <term><command>tset</command></term>
191        <listitem>
192          <para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para>
193          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset">
194            <primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary>
195          </indexterm>
196        </listitem>
197      </varlistentry>
198
199      <varlistentry id="libcurses">
200        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term>
201        <listitem>
202          <para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para>
203          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses">
204            <primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary>
205          </indexterm>
206        </listitem>
207      </varlistentry>
208
209      <varlistentry id="libncurses">
210        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term>
211        <listitem>
212          <para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a
213          terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the
214          menu displayed during the kernel's
215          <command>make menuconfig</command></para>
216          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses">
217            <primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary>
218          </indexterm>
219        </listitem>
220      </varlistentry>
221
222      <varlistentry id="libform">
223        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term>
224        <listitem>
225          <para>Contains functions to implement forms</para>
226          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform">
227            <primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary>
228          </indexterm>
229        </listitem>
230      </varlistentry>
231
232      <varlistentry id="libmenu">
233        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term>
234        <listitem>
235          <para>Contains functions to implement menus</para>
236          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu">
237            <primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary>
238          </indexterm>
239        </listitem>
240      </varlistentry>
241
242      <varlistentry id="libpanel">
243        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term>
244        <listitem>
245          <para>Contains functions to implement panels</para>
246          <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel">
247            <primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary>
248          </indexterm>
249        </listitem>
250      </varlistentry>
251
252    </variablelist>
253
254  </sect2>
255
256</sect1>
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