termcap(1) [minix man page]

TERMCAP(1)						      General Commands Manual							TERMCAP(1)

NAME

       termcap - print the current termcap entry

SYNOPSIS

       termcap [type]

EXAMPLES

       termcap		   # Print the termcap entry

DESCRIPTION

       Termcap	reads  the /etc/termcap entry corresponding to the terminal type supplied as the argument.  If none is given, the current $TERM is
       used.  It then prints out all the parameters that apply.

SEE ALSO

       termcap(3).

																	TERMCAP(1)

TERMCAP(3)						     Library Functions Manual							TERMCAP(3)

NAME

       termcap, tgetent, tgetnum, tgetflag, tgetstr, tgoto, tputs - terminal independent operation routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <termcap.h>

       int tgetent(char *bp, char *name)
       int tgetflag(char *id)
       int tgetnum(char *id)
       char *tgetstr(char *id, char **area)
       char *tgoto(char *cm, int destcol, int destline)
       int tputs(char *cp, int affcnt, void (*outc)(int))

DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  extract  and  use  capabilities  from	the  terminal  capability data base termcap(5).  These are low level routines; see
       curses(3) for a higher level package.

       Tgetent extracts the entry for terminal name into the buffer at bp.  Bp should be a character buffer of size  1024  and	must  be  retained
       through	all  subsequent  calls	to tgetnum, tgetflag, and tgetstr.  Tgetent returns -1 if it cannot find a termcap file, 0 if the terminal
       name given does not have an entry, and 1 if all goes well.

       Tgetent uses the following recipe to find the termcap file and entry name:

	    if $TERMCAP is itself a termcap entry for name
	    then
		 use $TERMCAP
	    elif $TERMCAP names a file
	    then
		 use entry name found in that file
	    elif this is Minix-vmd
	    then
		 if $TERMPATH is defined
		 then
		      search the termcap files named in $TERMPATH for the first occurance of a name entry and use that entry
		 else
		      the path $HOME/.termcap:/etc/termcap:/usr/etc/termcap" is searched for entry name
		 fi
	    fi

       Tgetnum gets the numeric value of capability id, returning -1 if is not given for the terminal.	Tgetflag returns 1 if the specified  capa-
       bility  is present in the terminal's entry, 0 if it is not.  Tgetstr returns the string value of the capability id, places it in the buffer
       at area, and advances the area pointer.	It decodes the abbreviations for this field described in termcap(5), except for cursor	addressing
       and padding information.  Tgetstr returns NULL if the capability was not found.

       Tgoto returns a cursor addressing string decoded from cm to go to column destcol in line destline.  It uses the external variables UP (from
       the up capability) and BC (if bc is given rather than bs) if necessary to avoid placing 
, ^D or ^@ in	the  returned  string.	 (Programs
       which call tgoto should be sure to turn off the XTABS bit(s), since tgoto may now output a tab.	Note that programs using termcap should in
       general turn off XTABS anyway since some terminals use CTRL-I for other functions, such as nondestructive space.)  If a % sequence is given
       which is not understood, then tgoto returns "OOPS".

       Tputs decodes the leading padding information of the string cp; affcnt gives the number of lines affected by the operation, or 1 if this is
       not applicable, outc is a routine which is called with each character in turn.  The external variable  ospeed  should  contain  the  output
       speed  of  the terminal as encoded by stty(3).  The external variable PC should contain a pad character to be used (from the pc capability)
       if a null (^@) is inappropriate.

SEE ALSO

       curses(3), termcap(5).

AUTHOR

       William Joy

NOTES

       The Minix implementation does not support any of the external variables, only the functions calls.  The Minix-vmd termcap does  support	it
       all, although noone in his right mind meddles with those variables.

4th Berkeley Distribution					   May 15, 1985 							TERMCAP(3)