Installed programs: captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic), reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset
Installed libraries: libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so], libmenu.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and libpanel.[a,so]
Short Descriptions
- captoinfo
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Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description
- clear
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Clears the screen, if possible
- infocmp
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Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions
- infotocap
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Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description
- reset
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Reinitializes a terminal to its default values
- tack
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The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database
- tic
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The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the capabilities of a certain terminal
- toe
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Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and description for each
- tput
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Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or report its long name
- tset
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Can be used to initialize terminals
- libcurses
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A link to libncurses
- libncurses
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Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's make menuconfig
- libform
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Contains functions to implement forms
- libmenu
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Contains functions to implement menus
- libpanel
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Contains functions to implement panels