Working with the terminfo database
The terminfo database describes the many terminals
with which curses programs, as well as some
UNIX
system tools,
like
vi(1),
can be used.
Each terminal description is a compiled file
containing the names that the terminal is
known by and a group of comma-separated fields describing the actions and
capabilities of the terminal.
This section describes the terminfo database, related support tools,
and their relationship to the curses library.
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