Terminfo

TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual

Curses, Term, Vi, Terminfo, Ul, Printf, Tset, Ex, Cap_mkdb, More, Termcap

TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual # TERMCAP(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # termcap - terminal capability database DESCRIPTION # The termcap file is a database describing terminals, used, for example, by vi(1) and curses(3). Terminals are described in termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by describing how operations are performed. Padding requirements and initialization sequences are included in termcap. Entries in termcap consist of a number of `:’-separated fields. ...

terminfo(5) File formats terminfo(5)

Terminfo

terminfo(5) File formats terminfo(5) # terminfo(5) File formats terminfo(5) NNAAMMEE # terminfo - terminal capability database SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS # /usr/share/terminfo/*/* DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # _T_e_r_m_i_n_f_o is a database describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as nnvvii(1), llyynnxx(1), mmuutttt(1), and other curses applications, using high-level calls to libraries such as ccuurrsseess(3). It is also used via low-level calls by non-curses applications which may be screen- oriented (such as ??(1)) or non-screen (such as ? ...

UL(1) - General Commands Manual

Man, Terminfo, Ul

UL(1) - General Commands Manual # UL(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # ul - do underlining SYNOPSIS # ul [-i] [-t terminal] [file …] DESCRIPTION # ul reads the named files (or standard input if none are given) and translates various kinds of in-band markup to forms appropriate for the terminal in use, as specified by the environment variable TERM and the terminfo(5) database. In particular, man(1) -T ascii, -T utf8, and -T locale produce output that ul can handle as input. ...