DOC HOME SITE MAP MAN PAGES GNU INFO SEARCH PRINT BOOK
 
terminfo programming

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.


Next topic: Writing terminal descriptions
Previous topic: Example of terminfo program

© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 27 April 2004