Preface
What This Book Contains p. xii
Typographic Conventions p. xiv
Acknowledgements p. xv
Part 1 Tutorial
Chapter 1 Introduction
The Coming of Termcap p. 3
The Coming of Terminfo p. 6
What Termcap and Terminfo Do and Don''t Control p. 8
Chapter 2 Reading Termcap and Terminfo Entries Where the Database is Stored p. 11
Reading a Simple Entry p. 14
Complete Sample Termcap Entries p. 20
Complete Sample Terminfo Entries p. 24
Chapter 3 More Termcap and Terminfo Syntax Terminal Naming Conventions p. 31
Padding p. 33
Encoding Run Time Arguments p. 37
Chapter 4 Termcap, Terminfo and the Shell Environment Variables p. 46
Default Terminal Type Specification p. 48
Setting TERM with tset p. 50
Initializing the Terminal with tset p. 55
Initializing the Terminal with tput p. 56
Using Terminfo Capabilities in Shell Programs p. 57
Chapter 5 Writing Termcap and Terminfo Entries Strategies for Obtaining Terminal Descriptions p. 60
Modifying an Entry p. 63
Creating an Entry From Scratch p. 65
Writing the Entry p. 70
Testing the New Entry p. 73
Installing a Finished Entry p. 76
Chapter 6 Converting Between Termcap and Terminfo Converting From Termcap to Terminfo: captoinfo p. 80
Converting From Terminfo to Termcap: infocmp p. 81
Some Problems When Translating p. 83
Other Uses of infocmp p. 84
Comparing Termcap Entries 86
Part 2 Capability Reference
Chapter 7 Introduction to the Capabilities Syntax Used in Part 2 p. 92
How to Read the Reference p. 93
Chapter 8 Screen Dimensions and Cursor Movement Screen Dimensions p. 96
Local Cursor Movement p. 97
Parameterized Local Cursor Movement p. 100
Absolute Cursor Movement p. 101
Scrolling p. 104
Miscellaneous Local Movements p. 107
Status Lines p. 109
Chapter 9 Editing the Screen Adding to the Screen p. 112
Deleting From the Screen p. 114
Insert Mode p. 118
Chapter 10 Initialization and Reset Termcap Initialization and Reset p. 123
Terminfo Initialization and Reset p. 125
Program Initialization p. 127
Setting and Using Tabs p. 129
Margins p. 132
Chapter 11 Special Effects Standout Mode p. 134
Underlining p. 137
Miscellaneous Highlight Modes and Alternate Character Sets p. 139
Bells p. 143
Cursor Intensity p. 144
Chapter 12 Special Keys Special Function Keys p. 147
Extended Function Key Definitions p. 149
Programmable Function Keys p. 150
Keypad Keys p. 153
Other Special Keyboard Keys p. 155
Extended Special Key Descriptions p. 158
Extended Special Key Descriptions (cont''d) p. 159
Non-Standard Control Characters p. 161
Chapter 13 Padding and XON/XOFF Padding Capabilities p. 163
XON/XOFF Flow Control p. 165
Chapter 14 Special Terminals Glitch Capabilities p. 168
Hardcopy Terminals p. 172
Terminals With Local Printers p. 174
Line Graphics p. 176
Meta Modes p. 178
Chapter 15 Equivalent Terminals Equivalent Terminal p. 180
Disabling Capabilities p. 181
Chapter 16 Miscellaneous Miscellaneous p. 184
Miscellaneous (obsolete) 189
Part 3 Appendices
Appendix A Capabilities Used by vi p. 193
Appendix B Accessing Termcap From a C Program The Termcap Library p. 197
Test Program p. 201
Appendix C Accessing Terminfo From C Program The Terminfo Routines p. 205
Test Program p. 209
Capability Variable Names p. 211
Appendix D List of Capabilities p. 215
Index p. 235